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in front and a sharper pitch at the rear. The hens 

 roost at the back of the house and the air cushion 

 keeps the room so warm that Mr. Tolman finds cur- 

 tains unnecessary, although he lives near the coast 

 in Massachusetts. 



On the famous Hayward farm at Hancock, N. H., 

 " A " shaped houses are used, each accommodating 

 a dozen birds. The front is covered only with poul- 

 try wire and no protection in the form of curtains is 

 given. 



Houses of a type which is the acme of simplicity 

 are in common use in Southern New England, many 

 of them on the farms of men who make poultry 

 keeping a business. They have a double pitch roof, 

 seven feet at the ridge and about four at the walls. 

 The length of the house is about sixteen feet and 

 the width about eight feet; one end, facing the 

 south, is open. The fowls roost at the opposite 

 end, of course, and thrive in a house of this char- 

 acter, which fact satisfies the men who build them 

 that the plan is a good one. It is needless to say 

 that such a house is inexpensive ; and it will provide 

 quarters for thirty or more fowls. 



Unless one is prepared to brush off his muslin 

 curtains every other day and can resist the impulse 



