TYPES OF MODERN HOUSING l6l 



hen be cut down. He thinks farm hens often have not 

 more -than one square foot of space per hen. If the 

 house is to be only a roosting place, this may be all 

 right ; but it certainly is all wrong if the hens must stay 

 much in the house. 



The " A " house is cheapest of all, and may, if de- 

 sired, be used on a sled foundation, the usual square base 

 being one board high. Such a shelter is not adapted to 

 laying houses, which an attendant must enter and move 

 about in. It is often used for sheltering outdoor brooders 

 and weaning the chicks after the brooder is removed. 

 Professor Halpin favors a roof, called " the two-thirds 

 span," with the gable one third the way back from the 

 front, especially for deep houses. He says : " Built with 

 the same pitch of roof and the same elevation at the rear, 

 this house contains less air space and is, therefore, 

 warmer than the shed roof type. It requires twice as 

 much cutting of rafters." (See New Jersey Roof Chart.) 



I am especially glad to call attention to the style of 

 the "Clark House." This is usually called the "semi- 

 monitor " type. Deeper houses are becoming more 

 and more favored. Any old, shallow shed type of 

 house can be made into a deep semi-monitor house. 

 Sometimes a low front portion is added, merely for a 

 scratching place for laying hens. The height of the 

 old portion would limit the height of the new. Professor 

 Halpin says : " It is possible, in this type of roof, to re- 

 duce the air space and secure sunshine in the very back 

 of the pen, and it makes a very practical small poultry 

 house. Many times, the south side needs only to be 

 covered with wire, and in mild localities it is to be recom- 

 mended for the open-front type." 



