SPECIAL PURPOSE POULTRY HOUSES. $6 



It may be constructed for $130 by having the studding 

 and rafters 22 inches apart, instead of 16 inches, and by 

 setting it on posts and planked up two feet, in place of 

 brick underpinning. The following are the estimates 

 of material : 



1 M Square Edge Boards for outside $12.00 



150 ft. Matched Spruce for entry floor 2.25 



400 ft. Pine Sheathing for partitions, platforms, and 



doors 7.20 



100 pieces If by Pine for open work of partitions and 



caps 50 



480 Chimney Brick 2.40 



Lime and laying brick 2.00 



400 Spruce Clap-boards, laid 4 inches to weather 7.00 



3i M Shingles 7.70 



Ontside Door and Frame, 2 by 6 2.25 



8 Windows and Frames, 9 by 13, glass 16.00 



4 Sashes over Dusting Room 8.00 



30 ft. of Capping 30 



Hardware, including zinc, nails, locks, hinges, cords, etc. 10.00 



175 ft. Pine Boards for nests, boxes, etc 3.75 



1168 ft. Timber 16.25 



Labor 20.00 



Painting 10.00 



4MBrick 22.00 



Lime, Cement, and laying brick 10.00 



Iron Sink 1.25 



155 ft. Pine Finish for outside 3. 10 



23 Matched and Grooved Boards over Dusting Room. . . 1.75 



Total.. $165.70 



HALF UNDERGROUND FOWL HOUSE. 



The Poultry-House, Fig. 12, is intended to be four feet 

 below the surface of the ground. In this case the bot- 

 tom should be well drained, at least a foot in depth be- 

 neath the wall, and the house must be kept well venti- 



