Fill, ST LESSOjSS in POULTRY KEEPING. 



Ijack in one piece, wbich saves material and insures tightness. B:itlen of iMcli pine laid two 

 strips to a w idth of, paper holds the covering best, although tins will do. 



Interior. — In cut. Fig. 2, the interior arrangements are shown. The roosting box, with 

 board 1 fl. high at liottom to lieep litter on main, floor, is 9 ft. x3 (t., giving space for 18 ft. 

 of roost, and has cloth covered frame hinged at top to let down in extreme weather and Mill 

 permit fresh air to reach the fowls through cloth. The cut shows no droppings board, but 

 merely the diit floor at the bottom; this is liy all odds the best arr:ingement, (we are 

 iisin" both methods, and know) doing away with the uiisanitiuy boairl, an abomination as 

 usuallv tiiiifn cure of. A few thovelsfiil of eai ih otca-ionally thrown in the bottom of this 

 i)ox will keep everything in good sanitary condition for several weeks without cleaning out. 



Those who prefer the board, 



r-^r ^7j^ // /\ however, may put it in. 



■' '■'- ' " *' ' Koo^ls are 2x3 in. sciun- 



liiig-, IS in. from ground. 



The nests shown in the 

 cut are up off the floor show- 

 ing floor space, and giving a 

 ■s. secluded dark nest, which is 

 (S an advantage when an egg 

 ,y eater develops; they are 

 B more easily reached by the 

 •a attendant than the " soap 

 I? liox in the corner," although 

 .« the latter is not to be dc- 

 i§ spised. These nests are set 

 t, upon a shelf run between 

 the end of roost box and 

 ■S end of house 2 ft. wide, and 

 s'lS in. above floor. The 

 3 cover, the lower half of 

 which is hinged, should have 

 slant enough to make it 

 objectionable as u roostinaj 

 place. 



The hoppers foj- grit and 

 oyster shells speak for them- 

 selves. For a feed box we 

 prefer one made by using a 

 board 10 in. wide by 2 ft. 

 long with strips 6 in', wide 

 nailed to its edges, the strips 

 to be nailed from their 

 centers, thus making in 

 eft'ect a box 3 in. deep 

 whichever side is up. By 

 simply turning it half over, 

 a clean side presents itself, 

 ilash may be poured from a 

 pail into a box of these 

 dimensions caster than into 

 a V trough. In conclusion 

 let ns s;iy that there is no 

 condition met liy a scratch- 

 ing shed house, or any otlier 

 kind of house, thatthishouae 



