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are shipped by express, usxjally in slatted coops with 

 covered bottom. A reasonable amount of space should 

 be allowed in the crate. Overcrowded fowls suffer and 

 shrink in weight. 



Coops for live sMpments should be forty-eight 

 inches long, thirty inches wide, twelve inches high for 

 chickens and ducks, and fifteen inches high for turkeys 

 and geese. Use lumber as follows : Use two by two for 

 corner posts or one by two will answer. If you cannot 

 get them, get one by four and rip them in two. Cut six 

 pieces thirty inches long, and nine pieces twelve or 

 fifteen inches long, for each coop; nail the short pieces 

 one at each end ; one in the center of the long ones (use 



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tenpenny wrought nails). Make three of these frames, 

 one for each end and the center. For the bottom use 

 one-half-inch boards or lath, make the bottom tight 

 (use sixpenny nails) ; use one-half by two-inch strips of 

 lath for sides, ends and top ; put them one and one-half 

 inches apart; the width of lath is about right. Leave 

 two laths loose on top in center, or make a door of them 

 to open, in order to put poultry in and take it out; 

 now nail a lath around the coops, each end and the 

 center (outside the three frames made first) . This will 

 keep the lath from coming off and make the coops 

 stronger. For broilers the coops can be made ten inches 



