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main open until late in the fall. Should a cool spell set 

 in in the meantime they are closed temporarily. 



The dropboard is 7 feet wide, of tongue and groove 

 stuff, driven up tight and nailed side and top. Two joists 

 are used in addition to the rear girth. The front joist is 

 set back 3 inches so that a wheelbarrow can be run under 

 the dropboard at cleaning time. The top of the joists are 

 kept at 30 inches above the floor level, giving the drop- 

 board the same slope as the floor. The dropboard is put 

 on crosswise of the building, in 7-foot lengths, for ease 

 in cleaning. A moulding, made of Ixl-inch stuff cut 

 diagonal, is nailed in the corner where the dropboard and 

 the rear wall meet; this prevents accumulation of drop- 

 pings in the corner. 



Six roosts are used, running lengthwise of the building. 

 They are made of 2x2-inch stuff, toe-nailed on two sides 

 to 2x3-6 crossbars, all of it dressed on four sides with 

 the upper edge of the roosts proper rounded at the mill. 

 The first roost is set 8 inches from the rear wall, the bal- 

 ance at 13 and 12-inch intervals. Four crossbars are used 

 in each section and the roosts are made in 8 and 9-foot 

 lengths, according to the length of the section. The 

 roosts are hinged to the rear wall with 6-inch strap 

 hinges ; the top is 8 inches above the dropboard. A block 

 2x3 inches, set under each crossbar 12 inches from the 

 forward end, forms the front support. 



The house is divided into three compartments of 50 

 feet each. A description of one compartment will serve 

 for the entire house : Each compartment is divided into 

 three sections, two of 16 feet and one of 18 feet. The 

 compartment partitions extend across the whole house ; 



