REARING AND MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY.—NO. 1. 
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REARING AND MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY.—No. 1. 
It is a mooted point, as yet, I believe, amongst 
farmers, how our domestic fowls can be made to 
net the most profit; still, I think the opinion is 
fast gaining ground that a good hen house, with a 
large range attached, is the true Way—at any rate, 
it has been stated, on good authority, that “poultry, 
kept for profit, should never be allowed to roam at 
will, leaving their eggs here and there to rot, nor 
furnish food for foxes, weasels, and skunks.” 
When we consider that the value of the poultry 
annually raised in the United States is $12,000,000, 
it is surprising that this branch of domestic industry 
is looked upon as of so little importance; and as 
it is in the province of your journal to keep this 
and all kindred subjects before the people, it is 
desirable that you insert a series of practical articles 
upon the “ Rearing and Management of Poultry,” 
from the shell to the spit, similar in character to 
those now in course of publication on the horse, 
the cow, and swine. I think there is no doubt, that, 
if they were furnished, they would prove very 
acceptable to a large number of your readers, and 
would be productive of much good. J. R. D. 
Boston , August , 1849. 
We think the suggestion of our correspondent 
an important one; and we will endeavor to impart 
Perspective View of a Hen House.—Fig. 71 
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Ground Plan.—Fig. 72. 
Transverse Section.—Fig. 73. 
to our readers as much information on the subject 
as our knowledge and experience will afford, and 
the limits of our pages will allow. 
Description of a Hen House .— Fig. 71 represents 
a hen house, in perspective, 20 feet long, 12 feet 
wide, 7 feet high to the eaves, with a roof having 
a 7-fool pitch, a chimney top, a ventilator on the 
peak, twelve feet in length and one foot or more in 
height, and openings in the gable ends for the 
admission of fresh air. In the easterly end, there 
are two doors, one leading into the laying apart¬ 
ment and loft, and the other into the hatching room. 
In the same end there is also a wooden shutter, or 
blind, which may be opened, whenever necessary, 
