176 THE BEGINNER IN POULTRY 



One poultryman of my acquaintance, Mr. C. K. Vander- 

 bilt, built a house for two hundred hens, using piano 

 boxes entirely for the siding. The house is 16 feet by 

 65 feet, with incubator cellar 15 feet by 16 feet; milling. 

 room and grain storage of the same size. It took about 

 seventy-five piano boxes for material. The house is 

 8 feet high in front and has muslin front " windows." 



