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best forms of shedding I have met with is shown in 

 Fig. 4, from a photograph taken at Buxted, Sussex.' 

 In this case the fowls are kept, during fine weather, 

 in outside pens whilst being fed from the trough, and 

 removed to the shed when cramming commences. 

 Taking as an example one of the ordinary fattening 



Pig. 4. — Fattekikg Shed (Mabtbjs's) at Buxted, Scssex. 



sheds in this country, we find that the chief idea seems 

 to be to keep the fowls warm, to feed them regularly, 

 and to have [a, constant succession of birds ready for 

 the market. We must confess to feeling, in spite of 

 the success which attends this trade, that much might 

 be done to improve it, and the expenditure of a little 

 more money in_buildings would probably soon repay 



