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BULLETIN No. 215. 



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Figure 16. This portable chicken house is designed for small flocks and will accom- 

 modate ten to a dozen chickens. This is 6 by 8 feet, boarded horizontally, differing 

 from the Ocock house, which is boarded up and down. The portable house is cov- 

 ered on the exterior with tar paper, which is put on up and down, all joints being 

 cemented. Over each joint and also between, nail a %x3 inch strip to prevent the 

 paper from working in the wind. The door has a screen wire covering for day 

 time and a hinged cloth screen to cover the wire screen at night. The roost is 

 movable and is placed 14 inches from the ceiling. . Four skids of 4x6 inch material 

 running lengthwise of the building on which the floor rests, make a ready means 

 to move the house from one place to another. 



BILL OF MATERIAL FOR THE PORTABLE HOUSE. 



Nail siding horizontally instead of up and down. Hemlock 

 may be used instead of pine if kept well painted. 



Roof, Sides and Dropping board 



250 board feet of 8 inch shiplap, No. 2 pine. 



Floor 



54 board feet of 6 inch matched fencing, No. 2 pine. 



Cornice fascia, Dropping board frame and Windoiv casings 

 4 pieces 1x3 inch, 16 feet long, No. 2 pine; 



Rafters, Studding, Skids and Girts 



7 pieces 2x4 inch, 12 feet long, No. 2 pine. 



4 pieces 2x4 inch, 10 feet long, No. 2 pine. 



2 pieces 2x4 inch, 16 feet long, No. 2 pine. 



11 pieces y 2 x3 inch, 12 feet long, No. 2 pine. 



Miscellaneous 



One 6-light sash, glass 8x10 inches. 



One double roll 2 ply tar paper, 216 square feet. 



Eight square feet poultry netting, 1 inch mesh. 



Three strap hinges 4 inches long. 



One hasp and staples. 



