10 Nov., 1917.] 



Poultry and Fruit. 



657 



10' Spikes 



no hard-and-fast rule need 

 be laid down concerning 

 Iron the class of material to be 

 used. If desired, iron could 

 he utilized for the sides and 

 hack of the house instead of 

 weatherboards, and by its 

 use the house could be kept 

 freer from vermin than 

 would otherwise be the case. 

 It would no doubt be well to 

 mention here that tougued- 

 and-grooved boards, usually 

 called match lining, are 

 very unsuitable for the sides 

 of poulti-y houses, as it is 

 impossible to dislodge lice, 

 &c., from this class of 

 timber. The nest boxes, 

 made of kerosene tins with 

 one side cut out, may be 

 easily cleaned, and after 

 collecting the eggs each 

 evening the covers should 

 be let down to prevent, the 

 birds from roosting on the 

 edges and fouling the 

 nests. 



Use greybox bush post (if available) of a size equal 

 to 8 in. X 4 in. bearing surface, or redgura 4 in. x 

 4 in., tarred. Spaced 3 feet centres. 

 Groimd I'laieK... 3 in. x 3 in. redgum or hardwood, scarfed at all 

 angles and securely fixed to stumps. 

 3 in. X 2 in. hardwood, scarfed at angles and trenched 

 to receive studs. 



3 in. X 2 in. hardwood, housed into wall plates, and 

 spaced not more than 2 ft. 6 in. centres. 



4 in. X li in. hardwood, fixed to top wall plates and 

 spaced, 4-ft. centres, and projecting 1 foot over 

 front of building. 



3 in. X. 11 in. hardwood, nailed to rafters and spaced 

 to suit lengths of iron. 



3 in. X 1 in. hardwood, .set flush into studs, front sur- 

 face diagonals to run upwards to top corners. 



9 in. X 1^ in. redgum fi.xcd to bottom wall plate. 



26-gauge corrugated iron or suitable lengths to fit 



UlaterSpout 

 Plinth 



Stumpa 



\V(iU ridtes 



Studs 



Rafters 



Battens 

 Braces 



Plinth 

 Iron 



Wtdtherhoards 



roof. 



The whole of back wall and both ends to be covered 

 with weatherboards with 1-in. lap. 



