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Show p0fT!Iff KEEPING FOWLS CONFINED. Room Which Should Be Provided for a Hundred Hens. A city man living In the country wants to know how much room will I I bo needed, for poultry house nnd ynrds to keop a -3 ,-- flock of 100 hens. j iit They must bo ; confined In yards all tho tlmo. In such n caso It Is wull to havo at least four ynrds, if land Is available A house 14x30, facing the south, with a shed roof, Bhould bo divided Into two equal pens. Each will hold CO fowls. There may bo two yards soutli of tho house and two at tho north, ns Indicated In the diagram. A half acre of land inclosed in this way will provide green food for tho fowls. They may be kopt In i the north yards during tho summer nnd tho south ones during the fnll nnd winter months. , Whllo the fowls nro In ono set of i ynrds, says tho Farm and Home, the I "'hers should bo plowed up to sweeten tho soil and sowed with somo sultnblo crop to provldo green food. If clover i Is sown in spring In tho north yards ! It will make suniclont growth to pro-1 pro-1 vldo good picking during fall nnd win-, win-, tor. Ityo or wheat nnd winter vetch enn bo sown in tho south yards dur-1 dur-1 Ing fall. If tho yards aro large enough I tho best way Is to seed them down to grass. |