Doors — 



Of matched pine boards. 

 Partition — 



Matched boards. 

 Dropping board — 



3 ft. wide and 2 ft. from floor, matched boards. 

 2 roosts, I ft. shorter than dropping boards, 2x3 in. planed 

 four sides, placed one foot from the wall at the back and one 

 foot apart ; hinged by cleat to back wall to stand 6 in. above 

 dropping board. 



Sitter coop — 



2 X 3 ft. bottom and sides made of pine strips 3x1 in. Coop 

 placed 4^/^ ft. from the floor. 

 Water platform — 



I ft. square, nailed to the top of sill. 



Ventilator — 



In roosting room, extending from floor to 2 ft. above building ; 

 six inches square inside, 2 doors full width and 8 inches high, 

 one placed 6 ft. from ground, one at the ground. 

 Material required — 



2 2 X 8 — 18 ft. chestnut. 



3 2 X 8 — 12 ft. " 

 17 2 X 4 — 14 ft. pine. 



II 3x4— 14 ft- " 



671 ft. hemlock boarding planed one side. 



200 ft. matched pine boards 14 ft. long. 



4 sash, 6 lights, 8x10 glass. 

 2 " 12 " 6x8 



I window frame for 12 lights 8x10 glass. 

 ^ roll building paper. 

 ^ roll Neponset block paper. 

 3000 clear butt cedar shingles. 

 Small amount planed pine for finish. 



I. The steel roofing is expensive in first 

 Changes Suggested, cost and maintenance, and on the whole un- 

 satisfactory. Shingles, slate or one of the bet- 

 ter patent roofings such as Paroid will usually be preferable. 



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