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Show POULTRY HOUSE FIXTURES. Everything Should Be Movable So as to Render Cleaning Easy. Tho fixtures In tho poultry houso should bo fastened, but t everything phould bo movable, becauso this greatly great-ly facilitates keoplng things clean nnd In good shapo. As a mattor of fact. It 1b next to lmposslblo to clean out nnd ronovnto a poultry houso unless all Interior fixtures nnd appliances aro movablo nnd can bo carried outside out-side the building. Moro than that, if tho roosts nnd nests aro attached to tho walls, it Is absolutely lmposslblo to prevent llco nnd mites from spreading spread-ing ovor tho entlro building nnd lodging lodg-ing In tho cracks in tho walls whoro they can scarcely bo reached. The best roosts aro thoso that nro all on tho samo level nnd not moro than two feet from tho ground, says tho EpltomlBt Wo havo our porches only 18 Inches nbovo the ground for Plymouth Hock fowls. By having the perches all tho samo height, crowding for tho highest positions is nvolded, whllo by having them low It is easlor for tho birds to get on and off and Injuries In-juries to tho fcot or bodies of tho fowls In Jumping or falling or getting pushed oft nro avoided. |