186 POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



made, about one-third pitch. If roofing material is used 

 instead of shingles, a roof nearly flat may be made. An- 

 other advantage of the shed roof is that the rain drains 

 off at the back of the house. This will obviate much 

 of the mud, caused by the dripping from the roof, without 

 the use of eave troughs. 



A shed roof house may be made as much as 14 feet wide. 

 For a house of that width to be shingled a gable roof of 

 one-third pitch should be used. In most sections the cost 

 of the roof will be lessened by making it comparatively 

 flat and covering it with roofing material. In sections 

 where shingles are cheaper there will be little difference in 

 the cost between the shingles and a good quality of roofing 

 paper. The cost of laying the shingles, however, is greater 

 than for laying the roofing paper. Heavy tar or rubber 

 roofing should be used. A good shingle roof is the most 

 durable type of roof, though roofing papers are now made 

 of good quality. It takes 750 shingles for each square of 

 100 square feet, laid 5 inches to the weather. A man can 

 lay about 3,000 to 6,000 shingles a day, the latter by an 

 expert shingler working on a large roof. 



Foundation and Floor. Where a permanent or station- 

 ary house is to be built, it will pay to put in a good foun- 

 dation. Either brick, stone or concrete may be used, de- 

 pending mainly on the cheapness of these materials. 



