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DOUBLE FOWLHOUSE. 



SPECIFICATION OF DOUBLE FOWLHOUSE (see Plan). 



Foundations. Concrete or piles. 



Framing. PUtes, studs, rafters, and roosts, Sin. by 2 in. ; 4 battens for iron and 

 angle-stops, Sin. by l^in. 



Spacing. Piles to be placed not more than 3 ft. 6 in. centres ; studs, not more 

 than 2 ft. centres ; rafters, 2 ft. 6 in. centres. 



Weatherboards. All outside walls, and wing-wall separating dust-bath from 

 perches, covered with 8 in. by 1 in. rusticated weatherboards. Centre partition 

 of building, rough-boarded 3ft., remainder wire netting to roof. 



Doors. Door-frames 4 in. by lin., braced, and covered with wire netting. 



Wire Netting. 1 ft. 6 in. netting to be fixed on front walls and top of wing- wall 

 where shown. 



Roof. Half-inch sarking on battens, 10 ft. iron. 

 Nests. To be constructed of 1 in. boards, as shown. 

 Spouting. Back wall, 4 in. ogee spouting and downpipe. 

 Painting. Two or three coats of good oil paint. 



