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Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 Xov., 1917. 



Feed Trough ■ 



Feeding Back 

 Water Trough . 



Front Wall . 



6-in. galvanized aalf-round spouting, the ends of 



spouting to be left ojsen to allow for cleaning, and 



fitted witli block of wood. 

 Strips of lioop-iron, about 11 inclies long, spaced 2^ 



inchesi, or 10-in. spikes. 

 4§-in. O.G. spouting, fixed with brackets and covered 



with a hinged board to prevent the fouling of 



water. 

 Weatherboarded up to 2 feet high, with holes cut in 



second board (5 in. x 3 in.) for drinking purposes, 



and rails leti in studs to fix the hoop-iron strips or 



spikes which form the spaces for feeding purposes ; 



the space above the rails to be covered with lA-in. 



mesh wire-netting fixed to studs. 

 On brackets of wood fixed with a board, same height 



as bottom of feed trough, also lower one similar 



heighti as drinking trough. 

 Boarded up to 2 ft. 6 in. high, then wire-netting up 



to rafters. 



Of kerosene tins cut open lengthways and fitted into 



rails to allow of their being taken out for cleaning. 

 Fixed to walls with tee-hinges, made from 9 in. x i in. 



rough lining. 

 Framed and boarded the height of weatherboards and 



fixed with spring fastener. 

 Laid on to trough, either with tap or ball-cock system. 

 Weatherboards to be given one coat creoaote and two 



coats linseed oil, roof to be painted with red oxide. 



The following is a list of the material used in building the four-pen 

 fowl-house at the Dookie College, with a statement of its cost. It should 

 perhaps be mentioned that the cost of the items given is that of pre-war 

 times : — 



f .5. d. 

 studs — Twenty, 6 ft.; nine, 7 ft. ; 3 in. x. 2 in. liarihvood .. 

 Plates — 130 ft.; 3 in. x 2 in. hardwood .. 

 Front beam — Two, 20 ft.; 6 in. x. 2 in. hardwood 

 Rafters — Eleven, 12 ft.; 4 in. x 1* in. 

 Braces — Four, 12 ft.; 3 in. x. 1 in. 

 Battens— 170 ft.; 3 in. x U in. .. 

 Rails for feeding rack — Eight, 7 ft.; 3 in. x 2 in. . . 

 Perches — Eight, 9 ft. : 3 in. x li in. 

 Weatherboards — 750 ft. 



Slabs for partition — 100 ft. ; 9 in. x 1 in. ri'ilL^iim 

 Iron — Twenty, 7 ft.; twenty, 5 ft.; corrugated galvanized .. 

 Nails — 3 lbs., 3 in.; 5 lbs., 2 in.;, 4. lbs. springheads 

 Tar — 1 gallon 



Paint — 1 gallon creosote ; 2 gallons linseed oil 

 Hinges 



Platform 



Partitions 



Vests 



Covers for Nests 



Doors 



Water 

 Painting 



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