The business hen (a new brood) . The Hens House. 53. Fig. 26. SCRATCHING SHED ARRANGEMENT. in hot days, as well as the large door in eastend (which is left off to show interior) andwhich opens into an open front scratching shedsize of the house. The low windows let the\\ inter sun shine on the earth floor, drying andwarming it, so the fowls make a dust bath ofthe entire floor. Roost platform, with remov-able roosts, nest boxes and feed trough, areshown; on the east end next the door is a box with three partitions, oneeach for shells, grit and charcoal. Fig. 26 shows a plan for connecting the h
The business hen (a new brood) . The Hens House. 53. Fig. 26. SCRATCHING SHED ARRANGEMENT. in hot days, as well as the large door in eastend (which is left off to show interior) andwhich opens into an open front scratching shedsize of the house. The low windows let the\\ inter sun shine on the earth floor, drying andwarming it, so the fowls make a dust bath ofthe entire floor. Roost platform, with remov-able roosts, nest boxes and feed trough, areshown; on the east end next the door is a box with three partitions, oneeach for shells, grit and charcoal. Fig. 26 shows a plan for connecting the house with a scratching 27 shows how a boy with a small backyard kept a few hens in apiano box, while Fig. 29 shows a henhouse on wheels, often used inEngland for pasturing the hens on a grain stubble. This house or wagoiiis hauled about the field after harvest, and the hens pick up the grain thatwas lost by the reapers. WARMING THE HENHOUSE.—Some experiments have been madein providing artificial heat. In Maine a house 150 feet long was
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