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box, raise hover, lift out stem, disconnect piping at union coupling (Plate 

 HI, Fig. i) and withdraw box. Care should be taken that the wheel 

 valve next to the tank is closed before disconnecting the pipe and that 

 the lead gasket is not lost out of the union coupling. 



Plates V and VI show how the house may be converted into a laying 

 pen for 12 to 15 fowls by removing the heating plant and installing 

 nesting and roosting arrangements. 



IV. Cost of the Brooder-House. 



The following is a list of materials required to build the Gasoline- 

 Heated Colony Brooder-House: 



Runners : 



2 pieces 2" x 12" x 8'. 

 Floor timbers : 



4 pieces 2" x 4" x 8'. 



Supports and covering, Insulating box for Burner box : 



1 piece 2" X 4" x 2' 6". 



2 pieces 2" x 4" x 2' ^". 



15 sq. ft. I" matched pine flooring. 



Sheathing for Sub-fioor: 



80 sq. ft. I" matched hemlock siding. 



Building paper to go between floors: 



80 sq. ft. "A" grade Red Resin Building Paper. 



Finished floor: 



80 sq. ft. I" sap white pine flooring. 



Studs :* 



8 pieces |" x 2|" x 11 J". 



2 pieces 7^" x 2J" x 4' g" front. 



2 pieces |" x 2f" x 4' 4" rear. 



Plates and Ridge Board :* 



3 pieces |" x 2|" x 8'. 



Rafters :* 



8 pieces |" x 2f" x 6' 9". 



Sides, End, Door and Roof: 



220 sq. ft. I" hemlock siding.f 



Door Battens: 



2 pieces I" x 4" x i' 11". 



1 piece I" X 4" x 3' 10". 



Hover: 



20 sq. ft. :'" pine flooring. 



2 pieces I" x 4" x 3' 8" (battens). 



2 pieces broom stick 10" long (supports). 

 2 yds. white table oil-cloth (fringe). 



* Clear hemlock planed four surfaces. 



t Unless well seasoned hemlock can be obtained, i" sap (white) pine flooring should be used even 

 though it cost $5 or $6 more per M. 



