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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
been the experience of every one that has entered into the 
raising of poultry extensively, that fowls will do much better 
if in small flocks. Two flocks of twenty-five fowls each will 
prove more profitable than when allowed to mingle as one. 
The plan given below will be found very convenient, econ¬ 
omical and every way desirable—susceptable of various modi¬ 
fications to suit location and requirements. The apartments 
a a, in the plan, will accommodate 25 to 30 fowls each. 
The smaller one, b, is designed for a hatching room, the nests 
being so arranged, that when a hen becomes “ broody,” the 
nest box can be turned to open into the hatching apartment, 
shutting her out entirely from the laying hens, without dis¬ 
turbing her. 
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Plan of a Poultry House. 
The nest boxes should be twelve or fourteen inches square, 
and tenor twelve inches deep; they should be open at the 
top, and at one end, excepting a strip three inches high across 
the bottom end, to keep the eggs from rolling out. A shelf is 
placed in the petitions c c, near the floor, upon which the nest 
boxes are placed; a corresponding shelf is placed above to 
serve as a cover for the boxes. By this arrangement, they can 
be removed and scalded or lime washed whenever desired. 
The roosting bars should be movable; placed fifteen inches 
or more from the wall, and ought to be at least four inches in 
diameter. Large bars add much to the comfort of fowls while 
