PO UL TR r- CRA FT. 



Sheathing, (rough) . . . . " , .".. V* * \.. v? , ..,,.' . .""*''. . . . 5500 sq. ft. 



Sheathing, (surfaced for droppings boards) 200 sq. ft. 



Matched flooring for floors, doors, grain bins 750 sq. ft. 



Building paper, to cover 45 sq- ft. 



2 rolls wire netting 5 ft. wide, 2-inch mesh. 



22 6-light sash, 10 x 14 glass; 2 4-panel doors; 2 pr. loose pin butt hinges; 2 pr. 6-in. T 



hinges; 16 pr. 4~in. T hinges; 2 locks; nails, screws, hooks, staples, etc. 



NOTE. If the building is covered with shingles the pitch of the roofs must be greater 

 than in the figure. The roofs should be i ft. higher at the peaks 35 thousand shingles 

 are required to cover the building, laying them on the roof 5 in., and on the sides 6 in. to 

 the weather. 



37. Plan for Doing all Work from the Walk. Fig. 13 shows how 

 the pens in a house of the style described in ^[36 may be arranged to permit 

 all work, feeding, watering, cleaning droppings boards, and collecting 



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Fig. 13. Showing the Arrangement for Doing the Work in a Long House 

 from the Walk. P, passage; R, roost platform; a, door to roost; c, door 

 to nests. 



eggs to be done from the walk. The arrangement 

 cannot be considered the best for a practical poultry 

 man seeking a plan by which the items, cost, capacity, and convenience, are 

 balanced with a view to the greatest profit. The plan is also open to criticism 

 on the ground that nearly all work being done without going into the pens, the 

 fowls do not become accustomed to the presence of the attendant. Then 

 when it is necessary to go into the pens, the fowls make a disturbance detri- 

 mental to egg production. There are, however, cases where it is an advan- 

 tage to the one caring for the fowls to be able to give them all necessary atten- 

 tion without going into the pens. The arrangement will recommend itself to 

 those who want a house in which they can do the daily chores without being 

 obliged to change from their ordinary dress to a poultryman's working clothes. 



38. House with Two Rows of Pens and Passage. The Monitor 

 Top House. Convenience alone being considered, this method of housing 

 is superior to all others. A house of this style may face east and west, the 

 common plan ; or, south. In the houses with east and west exposures the 

 pens on the east side receive only the morning sun ; those on the west side 

 receive the sun only in the afternoon. In what is known as the monitor top 

 house, Fig. 14, the passage is made 3 ft. higher than in the common plain 

 style house, and windows placed in each side of the extension, so that each 



