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PRACTICE OF POULTRY-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION 



Nests 1" x 4" white pine 100 linear feet 



Broody coop one bundle plaster lath. 



NAILS 10 Ibs. 20-penny wire. 



50 Ibs. 10-penny wire. 

 20 Ibs. 8-penny wire. 



Approximate cost of the above materials $ 75.54 



Roofing paper, 1,060 sq. ft., or 11 rolls, at $3.00 33.00 



Four special sash, 3' x 5', at $2.00 8.00 



Muslin, 8 sq. yards, at 12^ cents per yard 1.00 



Hardware, as hinges, locks, tacks, hooks, and wire 4.75 



Foundation and floor 



Cement, 35 bags, at 50 cents $17.50 



Cinders or gravel, 30 yards at $1.00 30.00 



Sand, 5 yards : 7.50 



Total cost, not including labor, if concrete floor is put in 



55.00 



the house and cinders and sand have to be purchased $176.29 



This gives a cost per square foot of floor space of $0.222. 

 A cost per running foot of house of $4.44. 

 A cost per bird, allowing 4 sq. ft. per bird, of $0.888. 



Adding labor to this at one-fourth the cost of material, the total cost is 

 $222.36, or $1.11 per bird. 



Long Laying House of Small Units. This house is intended 

 Frame for Front. for breeding pens. It is built 



in three sections, each forty- 

 eight feet long, with solid parti- 

 tions between them. The plan 

 shown is for one section only, 

 the material for three sec- 

 tions. 



FIG. 86. Working plans of email-unit laying house. (See text for description.) 



