TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PART i 

 The Principles 



PAGB 



Poultry House Essentials 81 



Site of the Building Si 



Location of the Building 82 



Size of the Building 83 



Height of the House 84 



Shape of the House 85 



Form of the Roof 86 



Roofing Material 88 



Foundation 88 



How to Make the Foundation ' 89 



Floors 90 



Walls 91 



Ceiling 93 



Partitions 94 



Windows 94 



Doors 96 



Ventilation 97 



Kind of Pen 99 



Size of Pen 102 



Roosts 103 



Droppings Platform 104 



Nests 104 



Alleyways 106 



Dust Wallow ic6 



Broody Coop. 107 



Yards and Fences -> 107 



PART II 



Application of the principles in locating, laying out and constructing 

 poultry-houses 



Laying out the Foundation < no 



Rafters 112 



A Shed-roof House with Pens Twelve Feet Square 113 



Materials for a 1 2 by 24 foot House 115 



A Medium Sized Pen Sixteen Feet Square 116 



Materials for a 1 6 by 32 foot House 1 18 



A Continuous House Twenty Feet Wide 120 



Materials for a 20 by 1 1 o foot House 122 



Conclusion 124 



