234 Bulletin 274. 



2 pair 4" double action spring butts 

 Screws for all of the above 



2 rim night locks (2 keys) 



6 i^" japanned iron buttons 



3 lbs. 5d nails (box) 

 10 lbs. lod nails 



10 lbs. 8d nails 

 25 lbs. 2od nails 



7 J-rolls Neponset 



2 gal. No. 617 paint (De Voe's) $24.35 



Total cost of materials $86 . 96 



Labor, estimated at ^ material cost 28 . 98 



Cost of labor and materials $115.94 



Cost per fowl, allowing 4 sq. ft. per fowl i.6i 



A medium-sized pen sixteen feet square 



The pen of moderate size is very popular among poultrymen who keep 

 several hundred fowls. It is more economical in construction and in 

 saving of labor than the smaller pen. 



A house 16 feet deep can be built with the shed type of roof. It is 

 inadvisable to build wider than 16' with this style, since such a roof 

 requires extra bracing and the front would soon reach an undesirable 

 height unless the roof were made very flat or the rear wall very low. 

 Figs. 61, 62, 63 show the 16' x 16' shed type of pen. Fig. 61 shows the 

 roosts fastened together with a 2"x2" cross stick which is hinged at the 

 back wall end, to swing up and fasten while the droppings board is being 

 cleaned. It also has an alleyway form of nest which the fowls enter from 

 the ends as represented in Fig. 63. With slide doors covering these 

 entrances the broody hens or young pullets can be kept from roosting in 

 the nests. The eggs are gathered from the front by dropping a hinged 

 door. The hoppers for ground grains, grit and shell and the water pans 

 are placed on platforms eighteen inches to two feet above the floor to keep 

 them free from litter when the fowls are working below. 



There are two windows shown in this plan and both are near the center 

 of the front. This gives the best light and allows the windows to swing 

 entirely around to the wall. The glass windows are placed with the bot- 

 tom one loot and the top seven feet above the floor. Each window is 

 made and hung in the form of a door by fastening together three 6-light 

 8"xio" sash. This makes a total of 20 square feet of total glass surface 



