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are used on the lower end of the frame, made of 

 inch redwood. This awning can be used to close the 

 house fairly tight when the cockerels are first taken out 

 of the brooder houses ; later it is kept half open by prop- 

 ping it. 



The house is divided into five compartments, each 

 9x10 feet. A slide door, 12x18 inches, opens from each 

 compartment into the yards; and 3x6-foot doors, hinged 

 toward the back wall, afford passage into the house and 

 from one compartment to another. We find this arrange- 

 ment preferable to having large doors opening directly 

 into each yard from the several compartments. The out- 

 side door is outside the yard this avoids opening a gate 

 for entrance to the house. The roosts are of Ix2-inch 

 stuff set 8 inches apart, 12 inches above the floor. These 

 roosts are not hinged. They are nailed to 3 cross pieces 

 under which blocks of 2x3-inch stuff are spiked. In clean- 

 ing the house the roosts are tilted back against the wall. 



The yards are each 10x16 feet with a gate in the end 

 of each section. A 10-inch base board is used, above 

 which is an 18-inch strip of 1^-inch wire netting and 

 above this is a 6-foot strip of 2-inch netting. Beyond the 

 sectional yards is a larger yard, about 50x50 feet, for use 

 when cockerels for breeding purposes are matured in the 

 cockerel house. On this yard 6-foot netting of 2-inch 

 mesh is used. Running water is had in each sectional 

 yard, a 4-inch crock being used. 



The frame of. the house rests on a concrete wall 6 

 inches high. The floor is of tongue and groove stuff, 

 driven up tight and topnailed. The flooring runs cross- 

 wise of the house, making it easier to clean. 



