62 . COMMON SENSE 
of about 8 inches each, to 150 birds. In the engraving, Fig, 1, I 
have given a “section” of the house, that is to say, if the reader 
will suppose the house to be sawed across in the middle, it weuld 
present the appearance shown in the cut. ; 
In the figure, the natural slope of the ground is indicated by the 
heavy dotted line. ‘The back wall and also that on the north side 
are built of stone, of which there is an abundance on the place. 
The back wall was 5 feet high in stone, and the front wall of the 
house proper was of matched boards and g feet high. ‘The roof 
also, as well as the south end were of matched boards. Parallel 
with the back wall, and 2 ft. 6 in. from it, ran a light partition 
extending to the roof, so as to provide ‘an alley way on this side. 
In this partition, however, was a long horizontal opening, closed by 
several doors or traps, 12 inch wide, and hinged as shown at p. 
The object of this was to allow of the inspection of the nests and 
the removal of the eggs without the necessity of goittg into the 
house. ‘The nests were on the floor, and consisted of a good 
thick bed of the fine grass used for packing glass-ware. The front 
of the nésts was a simple board 5 inches high and the nests were 
protected from defilement -by the slanting’ board c. The roosts 
were rough poles cut to the same length as the width of the 
house, an flattened on two sides at each end. They were sup- 
porte by cleats nailed fast to the walls, two, cleats forming a 
wedge-shaped recess in which the poles rested firmly and securely. 
Nothing annoys fowls more than a rolling perch; a rocking one 
they can get along with, as when they roost on the branches of 
trees, but to a -perch that rolls over they cannot cling with any 
confidence. ‘The plan shown in Fig. 2 makes a fastening which 
is as firm as the wall itself, and yet all the roosts may be picked ' 
up in a few seconds and laid aside while the floor is cleaned. 
The only glass used in constructing this house was the small 
window of four lights, shown in the end view, and this could be 
covered on wintry nights, so as to prevent the escape of heat 
from the building. The greatest mistake in poultry architecture is 
the use of too much glass in the houses. We see houses with 
glass fronts, glass roofs, glass sides, and windows wherever there is 
