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dow in the south side, sometimes more, according to the 

 length, and a door. The walls are between three and six 

 feet high, generally nearer six than three. Just outside 

 the door we find a crate, often a common strawberry crate, 

 for cooping broody hens until they desist. Except in severe 

 weather we also find a bucket for water and a feed trough, 

 also just outside the door. 



The Inside Fittings. 

 The interior has the necessities, nothing more. You 

 always find a bank of a dozen or so nest boxes on the wall, 



Equipment for Distributing Food and Water and Gathering Eggs on 

 a Rhode Island Egg Farm. 



a hopper or two for feeding grain and scraps and the roost 

 poles. The latter generally rest on cross pieces nailed to the 

 walls and are usually at the west end of the house, about 

 two feet from the ground, for the floor of these houses is 

 always sand, loam, or a mixture. There are seldom any 

 droppings boards, the droppings collecting on the ground. 

 To prevent them being scratched all over the floor a board 

 six or eight inches wide is placed on edge across the floor of 

 the house. As these houses are thoroughly cleaned but 

 twice a year, the odor that would arise from the droppings 

 creates a problem. It is this fact that makes the elimina- 

 tion of drop-boards advisable for there is less odor where 

 the droppings fall into loam or sand. Occasionally sand 

 or loam from the opposite end of the house is shoveled 



