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FIRST LESSONS IN POULTRY 



KEEPING. 



The eight inch jet Is of 



four houses which I have, the roof boards are nearly two inches apart. 

 course unnecessary, but I think it adds considerable to the appearance. 



For light there are two windows with double sashes, each sash having two 12 x 16 inch panes 

 One or both of these windows is opened a part of each day, the time determined by the tem 

 peratur'e and condition of the weather. The floor of each pen is sand and gravel. 



Sills. 



Materials and Labor. 



FRAME. 



2 pieces 3 x 4 in. 12 ft. long, 24 sq. ft. 

 1 piece 3x4 in. 16 ft. long, 16 sq. ft. 



3 pieces 2 x 3 in. 16 ft. long, 24 sq. ft. 

 16 pieces 2 x 3 in. 12 ft. long, 96 sq. ft. 



$22.50 per M., 



160 sq. ft. 



BOARDS, ETC. 



154 sq. ft. roof boards, 14 ft. long, fa) $20 per M., 

 192 sq. ft. barn boards, 16 ft. long, $30 per M., 

 168 sq. ft. barn boards, 12 ft. long, 



9 pieces square edge pine, 4 in. wide, 12 ft. long, fS> $30 per M., 



3 pieces square edge pine, 4 in. wide, 14 ft. long, 

 1250 shingles, (8> $4 per M., 



2 windows, 



Nails, hinges, thumb latch, etc., 



Labor, 



Total, 



$3 60 



3 08 

 5 76 

 5 04 



1 08 

 42 



5 00 



2 20 

 1 00 

 7 50 



$34 68 



In this plan we get away, a little, from the severely plain and simple construction of the 

 other plans given, and get a build- 

 ing somewhat more sightly, a 

 point which sometimes has to 

 be considered if a poultry house 

 is so placed with reference to other 

 buildings that an extremely plain 

 one would mar the general effect. 



The one point which seems to 

 me especially to call for criticism 

 is the leaving a space between 

 the sheathing on the roof. Most 

 of my houses are built that way, 

 but I would not build another 

 without laying the roof sheathing 

 close. The increase of cost is 

 comparatively trifling, and the 

 gain in looks, and a smooth sur- 

 face to whitewash is considerable. 



As with some of the other 

 plans given, the capacity of this 

 house is rated rather high. 

 Twenty-five hens may be kept 

 in it in winter, but twenty is 

 nearer right, and the latter 

 number is the safer one to use. 



Diagrams Showing Ground Plan and 

 Scale, i-inch 



