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it is not contrary to nature. The fowls are confined in the cage 

 roost and they cannot get out to seek shelter when heavy rains 

 come. If they were free to do as they chose, they would in all 

 probability seek a sheltered roost in a thick foliaged tree on the 

 opproach of a heavy rain storm. Occasional heavy rains would do 

 no harm but I should not want to expose my flocks to freqiaent 

 successive heavy rain storms. It is possible to have too much of a 

 good thing. 



