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 MALT-HOUSES, POULTRY-HOUSES, ETC. 1193 623 1194 to admit of its traversing on the edge of the laths on each side, as shown at c. When this lath and its foot are lifted up, the space opened is sufficiently wide for the admission or exit of the fowl. The lath may be kept raised by a pin inserted in it through a hole in the top rail. Fig. 1196 is a section across this fatting-coop ; in which may be seen, at d, the trough for food and water, of which there is one to each coop, and all are movable, in order that they may be cleaned. 1326. Construction. " Poultry-houses," 3Ir. Main observes, " are generally lean-tos, or they may be buUt with a pitched roof, as in fig. 119'2. The foundation, whether of 1195 '» n 1 :" ; ! 1 : '" I'll i i Ji d L A L| stone or brickwork, should be laid pretty deep, and solidly built, to prevent the bur- lowmg of rats, stoats, and weasels. The walls are constructed of sills, plates, posts, and quarters, weather-boarded ; the roofs of beams and rafters, connected by laths, or old luirdles thatched. The entrance opening, or hatch for fowls, should always be two or