94 COMMON SENSE 
ards and Fences. 
ALY first thought was that fences, except for the breeding 
pens, would be an unnecessary expense, seeing that the 
birds were to be allowed the range of the entire grounds 
during the -greater part of the season. I soon found, however, 
that I could not dispense with a well-fenced yard around each 
house, as it would be necessary at times to confine the birds ‘to 
their own domicile for various purposes.. ‘The most important of 
these was the training of the hens, so that each might know its 
own roosting place. I had found, in former years, that when a few 
hens and a cock were confined for some weeks in a breeding ‘pen, 
and became accustomed to roost in there, it was almost-impossible:to 
“change them, except by a repetition of the same process.. On one 
occasion we had aout twenty hens whose roosting place we wished 
to change. For several weeks we carried them nightly from the 
old to the new house, and at the end of that time fully two-thirds 
of them returned to the old place. I then shut them yp, day and 
night, in their new quarters, for about three weeks, and we had no 
more trouble. Now, every season we would have 500 young pul- 
lets to accustom to a new roosting place. They would be divided 
into Jots, each lot would be placed in its own house and yard; and 
fed there and compelled to roost there, and I knew that they would 
almost all come back after they were given their liberty. In this 
way, and this only, could I obtain the benefits of the system which 
TI had adopted. 
But, in addition to this, there were various other occasions on 
which a well-fenced yard would ‘be of great advantage. ‘Thus, 
every fall the young cockerels would have to be separated and 
placed by themselves, and various other necessities would arise. 
Movable fencing was therefore a necessity, or at least a great con- 
venience, 
