156 THE BEGINNER IN POULTRY 



75 ft. b. m. ceiling, f" x 3" matched and beaded, y. p. No. 2. 

 2 pcs. 1" x 10" 16' o" long, 8-4-8, poplar, feed trough. 

 i pc. | ' x 4" 16' o" long, 8-4-8, poplar, feed trough. 

 i pc. |" x 7" 1 6' o" long, 8-4-8, poplar, nests. 



4 pcs. |" x 5" 10' o" long, 8-4-8, poplar, nests. 



1 pc. I" x 8" 12' o" long, 8-4-8, poplar, gangs. 



2 pcs.'l" x 5" 12' o" long, 8-4-8, poplar, gangs. 



i door frame, 2' 10" x 6' o" ^" x if" rebate strip, poplar. 

 i door frame, 2' 8" x 4' o" " x if" rebate strip, poplar. 



1 door frame, 2' n\" x 6' 5" fitted with i|" x i*" hinge strip for 



double acting door, poplar. 



2 doors, 2' 10" x 6' o" ] double surfaced, matched and beaded 



batten doors with |" x 4" battens, poplar. 



i door, 2' 8" x 4' o" |" double surfaced, matched and beaded 

 batten door with |" x 4" battens, poplar. 



1 mullion window frame, 2 single sash, 6 It. 10" x 12", poplar. 



2 sash, if" 6 It. 10" x 12", glazed 8. 8. A. glass. 



5 squares composition tarred felt roofing, 2 ply, first quality. 

 2 squares tarred building felt, 2 ply. 



14 lin, ft. mesh wire, 3" sq. mesh. 50" wide, No 20. wire. 

 14 lin, ft. mesh wire, 3" sq. mesh. 32" wide, No. 20. wire. 



One may build a simple, shed house, deep in propor- 

 tion to width. Such a house, or its modifications mounted 

 on skids, will fill every need of the small poultryman. 

 If the roof were bent down in front, making it of double 

 pitch with lower front, much cold air could thus be 

 shut out, with no added expense for materials, and only 

 a little more trouble in building. If bent at a point far 

 enough back, one would get the Tolman house outline. 

 Professor Atwood says : " In poultry houses having a 

 shed roof, the warm air constantly flows away from the 

 fowls when they are on the perches, thus making the 

 shed roof type of house colder for the fowls at night." 

 I think this is a point which poultrymen have very 

 generally overlooked, in their zeal to get every ray of 



