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up, it is not so necessary that the north wall be tight as in other houses. 

 These doors should, however, have outside storm doors which can be tightly 

 closed in the severest weather. 



The house can be built with a walk as shown in the diagram, Fig. 22. 

 Here the walk is 3 ft. wide. (It can be wider if desired). The door between 



.___^ !! iii walk and pen is at the middle of 



\ \ each pen, and opposite the half- 



window in the north wall. With 

 this arrangement it is still possible 

 to handle earth, etc., from pen to 

 wagon and from wagon to pen, 

 though the work is not quite so 



easy. The expense of a walk is 



Fi *' 22 * considerable in a long house, and 



the additional width of the building does not increase its capacity. It is a 

 question for each builder whether in his case the greater general convenience 

 of the walk will compensate for the increased cost of the building, and some 

 extra labor in doing special work. 



The house shown in Fig. 22 is 12 x 18 ft. : 216 sq. ft. of floor space, of which 

 all but that occupied by nests and dust box is available exercise space. The 

 whole house can be tightly closed, or with the windows and doors in the south 

 side open, will give all the fresh air that can be used. The doors and windows 

 can be opened as much or as little as desired. The position of the windows 

 gives the maximum of sunlight in the house, with the minimum exposure of 

 glass. The bottom of the roost box is the droppings board, which should 

 have strips of furring on the end and back edges, but not on the front edge, 

 and should rest on cleats on which it will slide like a wide shallow drawer 

 without a front. It can be removed in an instant, thus making it easy to get 

 at the interior of the roost box to keep it clean and free from vermin. A row 

 of i -in. auger holes should be bored at the lower edge of each lower door to 

 allow gases to escape when the box is tightly closed. If preferred, a curtain 

 of burlap can be used in front of the roosts, instead of the doors. The 

 illustration shows a house built with sills and plates, and having both roof 

 and sides shingled. The cost of the house can be reduced by constructing as 

 in Fig. 8. The roost box is built with ends front and bottom of matched 

 flooring. Ordinarily the wall back of it need not be doubled, but in a very 

 cold climate it might be well to line both back and top of the box with 

 matched lumber. 



flaterials. 



A single house of the dimensions in Fig. 21 requires : 

 Dimension lumber : 



2 pieces 4 x 4 in. 18 ft. long ; 2 pieces 4 x 4 in. 12 ft. long ; 



2 pieces 2 x 3 in. 18 ft. long; 14 pieces 2 x 3 in. 12 ft. long; 



3 pieces 2 x 3 in. 16 ft. long ; i piece 2 x 3 in. 14 ft. long : 



2 13 sq.ft. 



