. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. POULTRY HOUSES. 1433 The accompanying cut of Mr. Gray's poultry house is scarcely a fair representation of the fine building the owner has devoted to his feathered pets, and which he breeds solely for the pleasure and recreation he finds in their care. It is situated on an estate which occupies eleven acres in the limits of Boston, on Howard Avenue. In order to give a better view of the house, the artist, in sketching, omitted the fine shade trees that add much to
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. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. POULTRY HOUSES. 1433 The accompanying cut of Mr. Gray's poultry house is scarcely a fair representation of the fine building the owner has devoted to his feathered pets, and which he breeds solely for the pleasure and recreation he finds in their care. It is situated on an estate which occupies eleven acres in the limits of Boston, on Howard Avenue. In order to give a better view of the house, the artist, in sketching, omitted the fine shade trees that add much to the attractive ap- pearance of the grounds. The house is built of stone, with a lawn sloping from it on all sides which renders the drainage perfect, while it stands so as to face a little south of south- east, and thus secures the sua on both sides and end of the build- ing during the day. Under the gables are the sheds, or what can be made open sheds by opening the win- dows, which are seen and represented a s being open in the cut; the windows in the laying room being here represented by •wire netting. The building is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with a hall-way 3^ feet wide running the entire length, as will be seen by the accom- panying ground plan. It is divided into twelve rooms and six sheds for fowls, be- sides an incubator room 8 by 16 feet, in which is an incubator of 360 eggs capacity, for hatching purposes, the interior finish we find hard pine floors, and hard wood for the studding or close partitions ?with plastered ceilings ; wliile gas is used for light and also for heating tlie incubator and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Flint, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1824-1889. New York, Casselberry