AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 
where fowls must be yarded they should have as 
large a space as possible, up to the point that 
Yarding satisfies their apparent longings for 
Poultry room. Where houses with several 
divisions are used and it is desired to pen each flock 
separately, the runs should be rather narrow and 
as long as possible or desirable. Comparatively 
narrow runs are desirable because they induce the 
fowls to range away from the house, and they thus 
get more exercise than would be the case with 
square yards. 
Double Yarding. Perhaps the best possible 
system when keeping poultry in confinement is to 
have two runs for each pen of fowls, using them 
alternately. In the one have grass or green stuff 
of some kind growing, while the fowls are eating 
it off in the other lot. In this way the ground gets 
occasional rests from the presence of fowls; the 
ground is plowed under several times a year, and 
the growing stuff helps to remove impurities from 
the soil. Where this plan is followed, yards may 
be arranged in both the front and rear of the 
house. Where only one yard is allowed to each 
flock, that one should by all means be to the south 
of the house. 
With the double-yarding system the location of 
the house should be the highest point of all, and 
the ground should gently slope away from the 
house in each direction. With the single-yarding 
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