A Farmer's Poultry House

Fig. 1 illustratos liow to Iraild a. convenient and commodious fartuer's pool;ry house. The size indicated will accommodate 50 to 100 hens. With the larger number the flock should be rlirided, givng one apartment of the house and one shed to each 50 fowls. The style of the ïouse may be adapted to the taste and pocketbook of the builder. S, S are open sheds, with gates of lath p, C) to confine the stock in stormy weather, or whenever the occasion requires. B is the roosting room, and L m&y be used for laying and hatching aurposes. A, A, A are small doors for ;he fowls; B, B, B are large doors for ;he use of the attendant W, W are Windows. Fig. 2 suggests a novel and valnable nlea in the constniction of long houses for large flocks of layers. The alley or passageway may be suspended from the roof, or supported on posts or piers set in the ground. To permit the free passage of light the side waüs of the alley shonld be made of slender posts and woven wire. The floor of the walk, as the cut shows, is elevated about fifteen inches and extended on both sides, so that the hens can pass freely underneath, and can get on it to reach the troughs and water vessels which are placed inside. Doors must of course be made to allow the attendant to enter tho pens when necessity quires. The nests may be placed under the walk, and a board in the floor be hinged to give access to them. If desirable, says Farm and' Home, authority for the foregoing, a house of this construction may be divided lengthwise by a partition under the walk, thus making pens on both sides.