STANDARD MULTIPLE-UNIT LAYING HOUSE 



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shed-roof type of construction 



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A. depth of twenty feet in £ 

 deep enough; a greater depth 

 requires a half-monitor roof, 

 which has many undesirable 

 features (Fig. 72). 



Note. — The nearer the rect- 

 angle approaches a square the 

 smaller will be its perimeter, the 

 area remaining the same. 



A Standard Multiple- 

 unit Laying House. — The use 

 of a standard unit of known 

 capacity gives a basis from 

 which to work in extending 

 the plant. It may be neces- 

 sary to vary it considerably. 

 For the shed-roof type of con- 

 struction, one of the most eco- 

 nomical units is a room 20 by 

 20 feet. If it is high enough to 

 give ample amount of head room for the attendant, there will be 

 I'lve Unitj:, aspaoity SOO birds 



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nd Rogers, Cornell Bulletin No. 274. 

 FiQ. 70. — Shapes of houses compared, show- 

 ing the requirements of wall material. As the 

 shape approaches a square the perimeter be- 

 comes shorter. 



Double Unit, capacity 200 birda 



. 40'- 



Singrle Unit, capacity /OO birds 



-The possible growth of the multiple-unit plan,— single, then double, and an 

 indefinite future increase. 



