CHAPTER X 



CONVENIENT EQUIPMENT 



It is a natural trait of mankind to do things which 

 are convenient. Convenience in our daily routine 

 tends to make our work more enjoyable. Con- 

 venience saves time and tends towards efSciency. A 

 carpenter without the proper tools could not build 

 a house as quickly and as well as he could with the 

 right tools. This holds good in the keeping of 

 poultry. 



There is a difference in just merely keeping 

 poultry and keeping it properly, and it may be made 

 a pleasure or a burden. Convenience tends towards 

 making poultry keeping a pleasure. It saves time, 

 labor, and often disappointments. It helps to do 

 things well which otherwise might only be half 

 done. 



First of all the poultry keeper should have a con- 

 venient place to keep poultry — a house sufficiently 

 large for the number of hens sheltered therein; not 

 necessarily a fancy house, but one that is cozy, 

 properly ventilated, well roofed, free from drafts, 

 handy to get into, easily cleaned, and with good 

 interior arrangements. Such a henhouse, be it ever 

 so cheaply constructed, will make a convenient home 

 for the flock. 



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