Questions on Poultry House Construction. 



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as it is possible to build without danger of bumping the head while 

 doing the work. (Figs. 345, 346, 347, 348 and 351.) On a house 

 fifteen feet wide the front and back could remain the same height as 

 in the house twelve feet square, the pitch of the roof simply being a 

 little less steep. The purpose in view has been to make the roof as low 

 as possible to restrict the air space. A common fault in many hen 

 houses is that they contain too much air space to be warmed up by the 

 bodies of the hens. If the same rule should be followed in building 

 hen houses as is recommended for the building of cow stables i. e., one 



Fig. 346. — Students making tiie foundation. 



cubic foot of air space for each pound of live weight and if hens are 

 allowed five square feet of floor space per hen with hens weighing five 

 pounds each the house would be but one foot high. It will be readily seen 

 that if a house is built as low as it is possible to build it and enable 

 one to do the work conveniently, it will still contain more than five times 

 as many cubic feet of air space per pound of live weight as is provided 

 in the average cow stable. 



Q. 4. Which is the best style of roof to build? 



Ans. 4. Page 280, paragraph 3. A shed roof is used because it 

 is easiest to build, provides the largest volume of sunlight and therefore 

 provides the best possible conditions of sanitation, warmth, brightness, 



