. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. THE P 0 JTL TR Y TA B t). 195 si^ike the 8ills ou them. There is then no heavmg from frost; and all the underpinning necessary is a board nailed tc the sill and extending into the ground a couple of inches. A se'^ting room can be added by making the building four feet longer. The room should be in the end next the door, so as to be always within notice. Such a house built of seasoned lumber and well battened, will shelter any fowls — excepting, perhaps, the Spanish, Leghorns, and a few of the more tender va- rieties—from all or
. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. THE P 0 JTL TR Y TA B t). 195 si^ike the 8ills ou them. There is then no heavmg from frost; and all the underpinning necessary is a board nailed tc the sill and extending into the ground a couple of inches. A se'^ting room can be added by making the building four feet longer. The room should be in the end next the door, so as to be always within notice. Such a house built of seasoned lumber and well battened, will shelter any fowls — excepting, perhaps, the Spanish, Leghorns, and a few of the more tender va- rieties—from all ordinarily cold weather; and we be- lieve it to be the cheapest and most convenient house for general use. Cliickeu and Duclc Iii- closure.—We present here- with a plan for chicken or duck coops, Avith inclosures, which will be found very convenient fixtures in any poultry-yard. These coops are made so that they are movable, and can be con- structed by almost any one conversant with the use of a hammer and nails. Any re- fuse boards and odd pieces are all that are necessary to build them. The coops can be set in any desired posi- tion, then fenced in with boards twelve to sixteen inches wide, as shown in our engraving, with stakes driven in the ground ou each side of the boards at intervals, to keep them from falling over. Put up in this manner the stakes can be withdx'awn at will and the inclosure moved as often as desirable. For partitions our engraving has shown a light wu-e mesh, which is easy to handle and can be procured at a very small cost. This is fastened into position by pin- ning down with wooden pins, which, in this way, is made also movable. Caponizing.—Caponizing is not a very difficult operation, and any one who is blessed with the average amoimt of brains and common sense can soon learn to caponize as quickly and as successfully as an " ; We know that some one will probably tell you that the instruments used are " very delicate,"
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