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edge of the window opening. No scantling are used above or below tht 

 opening. The sill of the window is a piece of 6-in. board, projecting an inch 

 beyond the outer surface of the sheathing, and inclined just enough to prevent 

 rain beating under the sash. The distance between studs should equal the 

 width of the sash ; the height of the opening should equal the length of the 

 sash. The ends of the sheathing boards, projecting one-half inch or more 

 beyond the studs, make the outside side sash stops. When the sill has been 

 placed as described, and the sash put in, the upper rail of the sash will over- 

 lap the edge of the opening. For inside sash stops, strips of lath may be 

 used at sides and on sill, and a stop about one inch square nailed to the top 

 of the sash and to the sheathing. A window put in in this way is wind and 

 water tight. The removal of the sash to fit the house for warm weather, and 

 its replacement on the approach of winter, are the work of but an instant. 

 The studs should be set plumb, and well braced, and the rafters trued and 

 firmly braced until the sheathing is nailed on, and the boards of the partitions 

 in place. Sheathing 12 or 16 ft. long should be used, and in putting it on 

 joints should be broken about every two feet. Such a house can be either 

 shingled or covered with a prepared paper. If not shingled, it can be easily 

 taken down, moved, and set up again as good as at first, except that a part of 

 the covering material might have to be renewed. 



35. Continuous House for a Farm Flock. The style of house just 

 described is well suited for a farm stock when it is desirable to keep the fowls 



in several flocks, and yet have them housed 

 together. The plat shown in Fig. 10 pro- 

 vides for a house 12 x 72 ft., with a pen 12 

 x 24 ft. in each end, and two pens each 1 2 

 x 12 ft. in the middle. In the supposed case 

 for which this plat is made, the hens from the 

 east pen have the run of a field, meadow, 

 or pasture lot ; those from the west pen run 

 into an orchard ; while the middle pens, each 

 connected with a yard 36 x 60 ft., can be 

 used in season for breeding pens, for fat- 

 tening pens, or simply in connection with 

 adjacent end pens, giving the two large 

 flocks additional house room. If the field 

 fence is made ' * hen-tight " for ten rods each 



Fig . 10. Four Pen House for a Farm Flock. 



way from the house, there will be little danger of the flocks mingling. 



36. Continuous House with a Walk. In Fig. 1 1 is shown the dia- 

 gram of a continuous house containing sixteen pens, each reached directly 

 from a walk running the entire length of the building. Each pen is 8 ft. 

 square. The passage is 4 ft. wide. The height of the building is 6 ft. at the 

 eaves, 8 ft. at the peak. Joining the west end of the poultry house is a two- 



