1048 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



the ends to fit; then board up inside and outside of the posts 

 with rough boards, leaving places for the door and the windows. 

 Fill the space between the boarding with prairie hay, straw, or 

 chaff. The roof should be well thatched with prairie hay or 

 straw, held down by poles or heavy brush." 



On a Connecticut farm I once saw a cheap poultry-house 

 that struck me as a very desirable building. It was twenty 

 feet long, twelve feet wide, and ten feet high at the peak of the 

 roof. The sides and ends, which were three feet above ground, 

 were built of the rough stone that any body can get anywhere 

 in New England for the hauling, and covered over with turf. 

 Above this turfed wall was the steep roof, with two windows on 

 each side. The roof was boarded and covered with tarred roof- 

 ing felt fastened by narrow cleats. The windows were provided 

 with straw mats and board shutters ventilator in the center 

 of roof. A passage-way through the center of the house, opened 

 into four pens, two on each side. Cheap poultry-houses like 

 those that I have described can be put up by any farmer who 

 has or can hire a team, and can use an ax, hammer, and saw, 

 and they will meet all the requirements of any well regulated 

 family of fowls. 



For the benefit of those who desire and can afford something 

 better than the cheap buildings already described, I have selected 

 a few plans that seem desirable. 



Fig. 1 shows the elevation of a poultry-house that looks 

 well enough and is good enough for the place of the wealthy 

 farmer, while the cost of such a building does not put it out of 

 reach of the farmer of moderate means. Most poultry-houses 

 with a shed roof have the windows in the higher side, but this 

 one is turned around "hind side before" and represented with 

 the windows in the lower side, which faces the south a very 

 sensible arrangement, and one that meets my hearty approval. 

 A house like this may be extended to any length desired, and 

 divided into pens to suit the convenience of the owner. It 

 should be six feet high in the front, twelve feet or more accord- 

 ing to the width in the rear, and wide enough to allow a pass- 

 age way to the whole length of the building. The extra space 



