760 Agricultural Journal of Victoria. 



Metal cups shown to be strung on iron uprights and soldered, and 

 filled with formalin, kerosene or phenyle, as recommended in previous 

 article. If wooden uprights are used the cups should be so made as 

 to be easily slipped over the supports and fitting close to the woodwork 

 all round. The whole of the woodwork should be tarred before being 

 placed in position, and the inside of iron sheeting should also be 

 treated with tar. The outside of the ironwork should be painted 

 white with Arabic paint to keep the building cool in summer. 



The weight of fowlhouse will be about 3 cwt. and the perch stand 

 i cwt., and the building is so designed as to be capable of removal 

 from point to point when desired. 



Chicken Box. 



To prevent sitting fowls from becoming infested with tick, a sketch 

 of a tick proof box is furnished. 



The box shoiild be constructed of soft wood | in. in thickness and 

 20 in. by 15 in. by 20 in. high (clear inside space), open on top and at 

 one side. 



A framed door hung on a pair of 3 in. hinges, and secured with a 

 turn button, should be provided to keep the fowls in. The door, and 

 the top of the box, should be filled in with 1^ in. wire mesh netting. 



The box should be supported on No. 4, 2 in. by 2 in. hardwood 

 legs, 15 in. long pointed at bottom, with 2 in. by 2 in. hardwood 

 plates fixed on top of same. A sloping board 9 in. wide and 15 in. 

 long is fixed to the box so that it will be H in. above the ground, to 

 permit of chickens easily jumping thereon, and should be supported 

 on two light bearers blocked out from plate, and 1 in. by | in. battens 

 fixed on same to prevent the chickens slipping off. 



Metal cups fitted close to the woodwork all round should be 

 placed on the supports as shown at K, and should be kept filled with 

 kerosene, etc. 



Estimate op Cost of Tick Pkoop Fowlhouse. 



VALUE OP material. 



8 sheets Corrugated Iron, each 8 ft. x 2 ft. ... 2s. 9d. 



3 „ „ „ „ 5 ft. X 2 ft. ... Is. 6d. £1 6 6 



24 yards 2 in. mesh Wire Netting, 3d. per yard ... 060 



110 lineal feet 3 in. x 2in. Hardwood ... ... ... 5 



3 Perches, each Is. 6d., 4s. 6d. ; Hardwood Stand to 



support same 2s. ... ... ... ... ... 066 



£2 4 



Note. — If iron spikes, instead of hardwood pointed stumps are 

 used to hold down the fowlhouse, then 12 valued at 6d. each — 6s. 

 Anyron stand for supporting perches is valued at 9s., so that if 

 an iron stand is used instead of a hardwood stand valued at about 

 2s., the cost of construction is increased by about 13s. 



The tick proof chicken box, 20 in. by 15 in. by 20 in. high, 

 clear space inside, is estimated to cost 15s. 



