FIKST LESSONS IN POULTRY KEEPING. 



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The material used in building this house is as follows: 

 5 sticks, 2 x 4 15 ft, long for stringers. 

 15 sticks, 2x4 12 ft. long for roof, front and back uprights. 

 450 feet hemlock boards. 



1 roll Neponset red roof paper. 



2 sash, 3 x 4 ft. 



3 pair strap hinges for door and windows. 



2 pair hinges and eyes for : oosts and droppings board. 

 5 hooks for door, windows, roosts, droppings board. 

 1 bundle laths for cleats for roof. 



The price for material differs so much in different localities that I will not give prices, out 

 ,his house, with lumber at $18 per 1,000 ft., should and can be built for less than $25. 



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As In the case of Mr. Pattison's house, we 

 have here a plan in which the dimensions 

 minimize what 1 call faults in the style of the 

 house. In a house with the front only 4 ft. 

 high, the sun does not get into the house as it 

 does with higher windows, while the whole 

 roof and front being exposed to the south, such 

 a house, unless very carefully ventilated, warms 

 up too much during the middle of the day, and 

 cools too quickly after the sun goes down. 



Though I would not recommend this style of 

 roof for a house built where any style of roof 

 J: might be used, there are times when it is the best 

 style as when a poultry house is to be built as a 

 lean-to beside another building. 



In a house of this style and dimensions, I 

 think it would be found an advantage to put 

 . windows in the ends as well as in the front. 

 The light would be better, and the ventilation 

 through the windows could be better worked 

 to offset the faults of this style of roof. 



The roosting arrangement is one that will 

 appeal to many. 



A Neat House With Labor Cost 

 Given. 



A. T. Grosvenor, Abington, Conn. 



Last year I wintered three pens of hens in 

 houses constructed similar to the accompanying 

 plan. This plan, however, in order to accommo- 

 date twenty-five hens, is two feet longer and 

 one foot wider than the plan of the house now in 

 lisp. The pitch of the roof on each house is the 

 same, consequently the larger building is some- 

 what higher. 



In regard to the construction, the sills are 3x4 

 in. pieces, while the posts, plates, rafters, etc., 

 are all 2x3 in. The frame is covered with 

 ploughed and matched pine, or barn boards 

 only. The roof is shingled, with no attempt to 

 have the roof boards tit closely ; in fact, on the 



