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6. Roosts, nests, etc., and other matters of detail may be 
arranged to suit the requirements of the breed and the fancy 
of the owner. 
We herewith present a plan of such a house as we 
think meets the several demands necessary for the purposes 
with which The Veterinary Science is intended to deal — ^the 
prevention of disease. 
Fig. 92. A Model Poultry House. Ground Plan. 
Fig. 92, Ground Plan.— Size, 28 ft. by 36 ft A is a 
room 12 ft. by 10 ft., provided with feed bins (6, 6) and from 
which the stair leads to an upper room well lighted and in 
which are built cages (3 of fig. 94) for the isolation of sick 
birds, and in which may be kept shipping coops, etc., size 
12x10. Band C, in which are windows, 12, 12 is a hall 3 ft, 
wide. P, Q, R, S, T, V arc single bird compartments pro- 
vided with small doors to give access to the yard. Over 
these are setting compartments of the same size, in which 
too may be kept cockerels or other birds that it may be 
necessary to keep from the others. The front of these single 
compartments are made of poultry wire, as also are the doors, 
but the partitions are of half-inch boards. (See 4 and 5 of 
