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wheat or oats ; 4 mcn f r charcoal, oyster shell or grit, and 

 about 1 to \ l / 2 inches for dry mash, if composed largely of bran. 

 The back should be placed squarely against the wall. The top is 

 slanted at about forty-five degrees, so that the fowls cannot 

 roost on it. 



SHED ROOF 



TWO TH/RDS SPAN. 



EQ.UAL SPAN. 



TYPES of ROOFS 



for 



POULTRY HOUSES 



MOAt/TQR. SEW- MONITOR. 



Fig. 9. Types of Poultry Houses. 



Types of Roofs for Poultry Houses. 



In Fig. 9 is shown the different types of roofs for poultry 

 houses. The shed roof is one most commonly used. It carries 

 all of the water to the back, leaving the south front dry and 

 allows more sunshine directly into the house. The two thirds 

 span is a modification of the shed roof and is especially used 

 on houses more than fourteen feet deep. The shed roof for 

 deep houses give too high a front and require too heavy ma- 

 terial for the roof to hold up the heavy snow that falls in most 

 parts of the State. 



The equal span roof is especially adapted for colony houses 

 or comparatively small farm houses. A house with this roof can 

 be built low yet roomy inside and will thus be warm in winter, as 



