HOUSING FARM POULTRY 25 



1 piece 1x4 16 ft. long No. 1 pine for nests. 



1 piece 2x6 16 ft. long, ripped through center, for 

 perches. 



1 piece 1x4 16 ft. long to support perches. 



1 piece 1x6 16 ft. long to cover opening between skids. 

 25 pieces 1x8 16 ft. long shiplap for ends and roof. 



1 rod of 2 ft. 1 in. mesh wire netting. 



1 piece of 1x8x16 ripped to 4 in. and 3*/2 in. for saddle. 



1 roll of good building paper. 



Shingles 5 in. to weather, 7 bunches, 1750 shingles. 

 Five Ibs. No. 4d nails; 8 Ibs. No. 8d nails; 6 Ibs. No. lOd 

 nails. 



Estimated cost, labor and material, $30.00. 



Shed Roof Colony House. 



A cut of this house is shown in Fig. 5. It is ten feet 

 long, eight feet deep, six and one-half feet high in front, and 

 four and one-half feet high at the back. The opening in the 

 front is three by four feet and has a curtain on a hinged frame 

 which swings up and fastens to the roof. The house is built 

 on 4x4 skids and is lined with heavy paper. A house of this 

 size is large enough for twenty to twenty-five hens. This house 

 is a little better for small flocks in a city lot than the one 

 shown in Fig. 3, and is used at present more extensively. It 

 is not as warm for winter use, but gives a little better cir- 

 culation of air to the fowls in summer than the gable roof 

 house described above. The perches and a dropping board are 

 placed along the back and the nests are placed under the drop- 

 ping board. 



. Farm Poultry House. 



In Figs. 6 and 7, is given the plan of one section of this 

 house. Other sections the same as that shown may be added 

 at either end as the increase in the size of the flock makes this 

 addition necessary. The plan shows a concrete floor which is 

 advisable under most conditions, and is necessary where this 

 house is located in a damp place. As a rule a cement floor is 

 more desirable than a wooden floor, because it can be kept 

 more sanitary, offers little or no protection to mites or other 

 vermin, and when once put in is permanent and needs no 

 repair. In case a cement floor is used it should be made 



