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The front is on hinges and it is always kept open except during rain, 

 and when it is closed it only comes down six inches below the 

 perches, leaving an open space of about fifteen inches across the 

 entire front. 



OPEN-FRONT COLONY HOUSE WITHOUT SCRATCHING SHED. 



Still another style of colony house and one well adapted for use 

 in an orchard or in the colony plan has been in use for some years 

 on a large poultry ranch in California. The house is eight by ten 

 feet and two feet to the eaves ; all the framework, including the 

 runners, is of two by three-inch stuff, and the walls and ends are 

 of one by twelve-inch boards, shiplapped so as to avoid using bat- 

 tens. The rafters are five feet four inches long, and three pairs 

 are used ; a one by six inch strip is run all around the outside of the 

 roof to form the eaves and also to make it tight; eight pieces of 

 one by four are used for sheathing, and the sawed shakes are close, 

 so that there is no draught from that source; the only opening is 

 from the front, which is open at all times. The houses do not 

 require cleaning, for they are on runners, and are slid along about 

 fifteen 1 feet each time. Thus they are on fresh ground and much 

 cleaner than one could do it in any other manner. 



GOODACRE'S "MAKE-SURE" COOP IN ACTION. 



