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plan of one of these houses and the full specifications for construc- 

 tion are presented. This house does not satisfy the present ideas of 

 the writer as to poultry house construction. It is faulty in a number 

 of particulars to which attention will be called : but it seemed best to 

 include these views and data for several reasons : — 



1. The experiments referred to later in this bulletin have all been 

 tried in houses of this type. 



2. With slight modifications later suggested the house should 

 prove well adapted to the needs of those keeping small flocks. 



3. The style of construction adopted while involving greater first 

 cost than is common in such buildings has proved in the main satis- 

 factory and should prove economical in the long run. The houses 

 although erected in 1894 have required practically no repairs, 

 although the steel roofs have been several times painted. 



Poultry House Specifications, Mass. Agric. Exp. Station. 



Dimensions — 



18 feet long, 12 ft. wide, 8 ft. high in front, 5^-^ ft. high at rear. 

 Divided into two compartments — a closed room 10x12 ft., and 

 an open shed 8 x 10 ft. 

 Foundation — - 



For closed portion stone wall laid in trench 2^ ft. below sur- 

 face of ground, extending to within 6 inches of surface. Wall 

 i}4 ft. wide. On stone, i foot of 8 inch brick wall. Under 

 outer end corners of shed, piers of stone and brick as above. 

 Grade to top of wall. 

 Frame — 



Sills 2x8, chestnut, set on edge, halved together. Posts 2x4, 

 pine, halved to sill and plate, set 2 feet on centers. 



Rafters 3x4, yellow pine, 14 ft. long, 2 feet apart on centers. 



Cover, sides and roof, i inch hemlock planed on inside. Sides 

 covered with good quality building paper and clear butt cedar 

 shingles laid five inches to the weather. 



Roof of Neponset block paper and fiat steel. 



Roof to project 6 inches beyond frame on all sides. 

 Windows — 



In pen 2, 12 lights, 8x10 in. 



In shed doors 2,12 lights, 6x8 in. 



