A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



recess with slats all around it to protect it 

 from flying scratching materials. It plainly 

 shows how it is made and how it fits into the 

 partition between the walk and. the pen, the 

 pan extending into the pen. The top and 

 bottom boards are cut the exact size of the 

 top edge of the pan, half round, and extend 

 back square, to and through the partition, 

 so the pans can be drawn out into the walk 

 to be rinsed and refilled. 



The roosting rooms are eight by twelve 

 feet, with windows in front as shown in 

 Fig. 1. The roosting platform is two feet 

 from the floor and runs the full length of the 

 room. Three perches are used, rounded on 

 top, made of two by threes, and six inches 

 above the platform. Thirty or forty fowls 

 can be accommodated in each room. The 

 partitions between the roosting rooms and 

 the scratching sheds are boarded up tight, 

 and between the scratching sheds are three 

 boards high, the balance of the partitions 

 being wire netting. A space of two inches 



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