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The house can be used with a gasoHne heater and is also convertible 

 into a pen for 12 or 15 laying hens. If a gasoline heating plant is in- 

 stalled, the tank should be placed in the upper left-hand corner of the 

 house on a shelf and the pipe run outside and around the building 

 into the burner box. This requires a little more pipe than the "A" house. 



A SUMMER HOUSE FOR COCKERELS 



The principles involved in a good summer house for cockerels are 

 shelter, an abundance of pure air, dryness, shade, plenty of perch room, 

 convenient arrangements for feeding and cleaning, and a reasonable 

 first cost. The summer house shown in Fig. 109 is offered as a suggestion. 

 This house was built as a lean-to on the north side of an icehouse. The 

 simple framework covered with a board and paper roof and wire sides 

 is inexpensive. It is 12 feet deep and 24 feet long, 4 feet 8 inches high 

 in the rear and 8 feet 8 inches high in the front. Perches are placed 

 throughout all of the house as far front as the door. These perches should 

 be made of 2" x 4" scantlings with ends resting on cleats nailed to the 

 frames of the house three feet above the floor. This will provide perch 

 room for 300 to 500 young cockerels, which number is decreased by 

 sales as they grow older and need more room. The young stock from 

 this house may run together on a common free range. 



Cost of cockerel house in Fig. log 



>> hemlock or hard pine @ $25 per M. . $9.85 



22 pieces 2" x 4" x 12' "^ 



8 pieces 2" x 4" x 16' 

 3 pieces 2" x 4" x 14' 



9 pieces 2" x 5" x 14' j 



420 ft. hard pine matched and planed @ $25 per M 10.50 



3^ rolls of roofing paper, 2-ply, @ $2.75 per roll, 

 320 sq. ft. wire netting @ 1 ct. per sq. ft ... 



2 lbs. 2od nails @ 3 cts 



10 lbs. 8d nails @ 3 cts 



I lb. small staples 



I pr. heavy hinges 



Total material %^t^ . 73 



Labor 6 . 00 



Total $39.73 



