TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Part I 

 The Principles 



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Poultrj' House Essentials 199 



Site of the Building 199 



Location of the Building 200 



Size of the Building 201 



Height of the House 202 



Shape of the House 203 



Form of the Roof 204 



Roofing Material 206 



Foundation 206 



How to Make the Foundation 207 



Floors 208 



Walls 209 



Ceiling 21 1 



Partitions 212 



Windows . . . 212 



Doors 214 



Ventilation 215 



Kind of Pen 217 



Size of Pen 220 



Roosts 221 



Dropping Platform 222 



Nets 222 



Alleyways 224 



Dust Wallow 224 



Broody Coop 225 



Yards and Fences 225 



Part H 



Application of the principles in locating, laying out and constructing 



poultry-houses 



Laying out the Foundation 228 



Rafters 230 



A Shed-roof House with Pens Twelve Feet Square 231 



Materials for a 12 by 24 foot House 233 



A Medium Sized Pen Sixteen Feet Square 234 



Materials for a 16 by 32 foot House 236 



A Continuous House Twenty Feet Wide 238 



Materials for a 20 by no foot House 240 



Conclusion 242 



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