Show wa fir r I 1 HEN HOUSE serviceable shelter Is constructed out of sod straw corn fodder and earth what results would you expect from 75 herto hens wintered in a coop of ahlo cost coat I 1 had 75 may hatched pullets in winter says a writer th in rural now new yorker I 1 built it a coop feet inside measurement tho the material imater lat was sod god for tho the sides the roof was waa straw itral covered with corn fodder the floor door natures deodorizer natural earth I 1 first selected a well sheltered location then proceeded by set settina tint twelve dollar lien hen house three crotches each crotch set three toot root deep this for tho the peak of my root roof next I 1 set ordinary six foot fence posts posta on aides tout four feet apart two feet deep leaving sides ot of coop four our feet high plenty high enough for tides sides of any coop then than I 1 spiked poles on to those fence posts posta on top and nailed ou oil small poles polea on side posts laid poles in those center crotches cro telles then laid poloa poles from post plato plata to crotch poles for rafters raft cra and my frame was complete I 1 put ln in a window of plank on south side eide feet covered same barns with muslin curtain no glass put but door jn in east end I 1 cut sod and up sides put n little brush crosswise crosa wlee tor for rafter poles cover ed with straw and shingled with corn odder the foundation of at my coop la Is raised slightly so water runs away from rom it which to la very important so my labor and all would amount to about 12 I 1 put mallets pallets in coop in Ro comber and they soon boon began laying in january february march and an april dApril I 1 averaged close to live five dozen eggs per day my income was a little better than aaa dollar por per day clear of feed and hey havo have continued laying well all summer till 1111 molting bolting 0 this fall now they are through the molt I 1 and are arc going right into tho egg producing up business again |