A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



prefer this house to any other. The inte- 

 rior arrangements are such that the feeding, 

 watering, and gathering of eggs can be done 

 from the passageway. The house is also 

 built on the open scratching-shed plan, with 

 separate enclosed roosting rooms. 



For cold climates glass windows are used 

 where protection is needed in the houses, 

 made to slide on the sill by means of small 

 rollers at the bottom of the sash. One half 

 of the window may be stationary, the other 

 half to slide. Wire netting may be fastened 

 to the windows on the inside, which will 

 allow the windows to be open in warm weather 

 when the fowls love to roll and scratch in 

 the sun. This will keep them active and in 

 good health. Too much cannot be said 

 about windows in planning for the scratch- 

 ing shed. The roof may be either shingles 

 or tar paper. I prefer the former. The 

 front elevation is six feet from sill to top of 

 plate. The north side is also six feet, and ten 

 feet six inches to hip of roof. Two roosting 



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