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tractive, giving the same low elevation in the rear and a lower 

 elevation in front. This house can be built wider and is es- 

 pecially valuable in houses more than fourteen feet wide. Built 

 with the same pitch of roof and with the same elevation in the 

 rear this house contains less air space and is, therefore, warmer 

 than the shed roof type. It requires twice as much cutting of 

 rafters as in the shed roof type. In constructing this type of 

 roof it is usually better to build the gable back one-third of the 



Figure 6. Different types of roofs used in poultry houses are here shown. 1 is a shed 

 roof; 2 a combination roof; 3 a gable roof; 4 a semi-monitor roof; 5 a monitor 

 roof; 6 a slanting front roof; and 7 an A type roof. 



way from the front. That is, in a house eighteen feet wide the 

 gable should be six feet back from the front. This is a type of 

 roof which should be used more extensively than it now is. 



Gable Roof. The gable roof shown in Figure 6 3 is a com- 

 mon type and is very often used because it matches the other 

 buildings on the farm. This type of roof permits of the house be- 

 ing built in any desired width, but gives more air space and 

 makes the poultry house cold. That is, too high, a rear elevation 

 is needed to get the front high enough to admit sunshine and to 

 allow for a door. The air space of such a house may be decreased 

 by putting a ceiling from plate to plate, placing the boards so 

 that about one inch space is left between each board. Then 



