FIRST LESSONS IN POULTRY KEEPING. 



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The sills are 2 x 6 in. stuff set on edge and resting upon the ground. As the land lay, the 

 east entl of the space the house would cover was about a foot lower than the west end. 

 The sills at the west end were let down into the ground about 4 in., those at the east end 

 blocked up. Afterwards the floor inside was filled to the level of the top of the sills, and the 

 ground outside graded as required. 



The posts are of 3 x 4 in. stuff. I would have preferred 4x4 in., but the local lumber dealer 

 did not have them, so I took carefully selected pieces of what he had. The 3 x 4s are all right 



/. H. Robinson^s Cheap Poultry House for 75 Fowls, as Used the First Winter. 



for the one story part, but for the two story part they would be too light if any considerable 

 weight were to go on the upper floor. There is one of these 3x4 posts at each corner of the 

 two story part, one at each west corner of the one story part, and one midway of each side of 

 the low part. The plates and intermediate scantlings are of 2 x 3 in. stuff. My method of 

 j oiniug posts and sills at corners is shown at I in the cut. At II is shown in detail the joints on 

 a side of a corner post of the one story part of the house, and G the joints on an end corner. 



In the frame of the back of the low house the intermediate stringer divides the space between 

 the top of the sill and the bottom of the plate, making each space 2 ft. 8 in. wide. 



In the back wall frame of the high part the top stringer is so placed that the ends of the floor 

 joists will rest upon it, and the lower stringer divides the space between the upper one and the 

 sill, making each space 3 ft. wide. 



In the framing of the front of the low part the upright studs, with the exceptions of the posts 

 mentioned, are of 2 x 3 in. stuff, one being placed in the middle of each pen, and the others at 

 such distance from it as required by the width of the doors, which here is 3 ft. 



Pieces of 2x 3 at top and bottom of window complete this frame. The sash I used were 

 second hand, bought at 60 cts. per pair. 



The front of the higher part has one stringer to correspond with the upper one in the rear 

 wall, and another one parallel to it 30 in. from the lower edge of the plate, thus making the 

 proper space for the upper windows to slide between the plate and this stringer. Pieces of 

 2x3 studding are erected at the sides of the window in the middle of the 6 x 12 ft. pen, which 



