WITH 4200 HENS 65 



The cellar is used exclusively for hatching eggs. We 

 can store 30 cases in it without crowding. Two venti- 

 lators are set in the foundation, one in the south end, the 

 other in the west side 5 feet south of the cellar. They 

 are covered with 1-inch mesh netting. 



The building is set on sloping ground. The main 

 entry is a 3-foot door on the west side, just south of the 

 cellar. One step leads up to the floor. On the south 

 side the floor is 2 feet above the driveway. A 3-foot door 

 was put in the southwest corner. The delivery truck 

 can back to this doorway and the eggs can be loaded 

 onto the truckbed with but little lifting. 



Cost of Buildings 



It would serve no purpose, under present prevailing 

 conditions, to record the cost of our buildings. Prices of 

 materials have advanced to such an extent that no com- 

 parison can be made. The last of our laying houses was 

 built in the fall of 1917. The 150-foot houSe and fences* 

 complete cost $620 (in round figures) for materials alone; 

 the labor cost cannot be given for any of the buildings 

 because the writer did a very large share of it himself. 



Our total investment in buildings and accessories, in- 

 cluding water lines, fences, etc., is $3,500 in round figures. 

 This is entirely exclusive of labor; it covers materials 

 alone. The amount paid out for labor in construction of 

 the plant would not exceed the labor cost in building one 

 of the large laying houses. 



An idea of the size of the plant may be obtained from 

 the fact that we have more than 10,000 square feet of 

 concrete floors and about 13,000 square feet of composi- 

 tion roofing on the place. 



