WHERE TO KEEP FOWLS 



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trymen. According to Daniel Lambert of Rhode 

 Island, the owner, it is entirely satisfactory and suit- 

 able for both summer and winter. The building is 

 twenty-eight feet front and fourteen feet deep, eight 

 feet high at the center and four feet at the eaves. A 

 partition runs from the center from front to rear, mak- 

 ing two rooms each fourteen by fourteen feet. Two 



FIG. 12 — ^D. J. Lambert's practical and inexpensive 



HOUSE 



feet above the sills along the partitions are the drop- 

 ping boards four feet wide. Over these at a hight of 

 six inches are the roosting poles of two by three inch 

 spruce each fourteen feet long. In front of the roosts 

 are two swinging doors hung just below the ceiling 

 which shut down flush with the dropping boards. The 

 •doors in this case are made of unmatched lumber, but 

 frames covered with muslin are preferable, because 

 they provide better ventilation without drafts. 

 Between the two doors in front of the roosts is a board 

 one foot wide, at the bottom of which is an opening 

 large enough for the fowls to come out of the roosting 

 cupboards when the doors are closed. 



The openings in front of the building are seven 

 and one-half by four feet and are covered with two- 



