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the section partitions are 9 feet wide, extending 2 feet 

 beyond the width of the dropboards. All partitions are 

 made of tongue and groove stuff, nailed both side and 

 top. The sills are of 2x3-16, extending from the rear 

 wall to the front sill. The rafters are used for plates. A 

 2x3-inch girth is set at center between the rafter and sill, 

 sloping with the rafter. 



The compartment doors as well as the outside doors, 

 one in each end of the building, are 42x72 inches. 

 The compartment doors are hinged toward the front 

 they swing toward the nests. This is to avoid hens fly- 

 ing from the nests through the door when it is opened 

 suddenly. The compartment doors are 6 inches short of 

 the floor and a 6-inch board, set in grooves, fills the space. 

 This obviates the doors being blocked by litter ; the pur- 

 pose of setting the board in grooves is to enable its being 

 removed when the wheelbarrow or cart is taken through 

 at cleaning time. 



All doors and gates on the place are equipped with 

 Conrad Gate Latches, one of the greatest conveniences 

 we have on the place. 



The front of the house involves a tedious description 

 and if that description is given in crude terms it is be- 

 cause it is intended for non-technical understanding. 



We already have the 2x3 sill resting on 1-inch blocks, 

 bolted to the concrete. The studs are 8 feet long. They 

 are set at intervals of 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 22, 26, 28, 32, 36, 

 40, 44, 48 and 50 feet. The purpose of the odd setting 

 is to make place for the irame ot the water shed which 

 will be described later and of the partition' already de- 

 scribed. The 2x3-inch plate gives us the total height of 



