270 HOUSES. 



than the cart-shed ; and although in summer 

 the common stock hens may thrive well enough 

 in these airy quarters, in winter they must suffer 

 severely from frost, and many die from want of 

 proper care and protection. Pive pounds would 

 cover the expense of putting up a house and 

 roof such as I have described ; and that sum 

 would be more than repaid by the increased num- 

 ber of eggs, and the general improvement of the 

 birds : besides that, it will enable the proprietor 

 to keep a superior class of poultry, which will 

 command high prices, and not cost more in food 

 than very inferior breeds. 



Where only one pure breed of fowl is kept, 

 mixed with other varieties of pullets for laying, 

 it is an easy matter to form a suitable habitation 

 for them. At a very small cost, a sufficiently 

 good, and in every respect fitting poultry-house 

 can be erected. By those whom Providence has 

 favoured with wealth, there need be no restriction 

 to the extent and even elegance of the building ; 

 but the very best breeds, and the same number of 

 fowls, can be reared as successfully by a person 

 of moderate means in a much more humble struc- 



