. Burnham's new poultry book. Poultry. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DOMESTIC FOWLS. 101 be run up, on the front of the roof, four to six feet; which lets in more sun and light. It can be divided by a slat partition, inside, and two varieties can thus be kept to advantage — letting the fowls out for a run al- ternately, a few hours, daily. The arrangement of the nests, roosts, etc., can be similar to other plans to be found in our pages ; and the size of it may be 30ft, front, by 20 deep, to afford accommodation for a dozen to twenty fowls, in each side, amply — if care is taken to keep them cleanly
. Burnham's new poultry book. Poultry. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DOMESTIC FOWLS. 101 be run up, on the front of the roof, four to six feet; which lets in more sun and light. It can be divided by a slat partition, inside, and two varieties can thus be kept to advantage — letting the fowls out for a run al- ternately, a few hours, daily. The arrangement of the nests, roosts, etc., can be similar to other plans to be found in our pages ; and the size of it may be 30ft, front, by 20 deep, to afford accommodation for a dozen to twenty fowls, in each side, amply — if care is taken to keep them cleanly, constantly. The height can be four to five feet front, run up back to ten or twelve feet, as convenient. This proportion of slant wil^ serve to carry off the rains. The roof-sash should be laid on in the green-house form, in order that tlie water may run off free over the eaves. Here is a very nice arrange- ment for late winter and the spring GLASS CHICKEN-HOUSE, GREEN-HOUSE PLAN. » The above is a plan for a half span glass-roofod. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burnham, George Pickering, 1814-1902. [from old catalog]. New York, Amerian news company;
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