No. 4.] 



POULTRY KEEPING. 



105 



inch stuff, 10 feet long. For rafters use 2 by 6 inch lumber of 

 any length, so as to give sufficient to extend three times the 

 length of the building. Square the ends of the rafter lumber 

 and splice into three 40-foot strips, by nailing short boards on 



Fig. 3. — Partitions, girts and rafters. 



both sides of the joints. Place these rafters lengthwise of the 

 building on top of the three middle studs, and spike the girts 

 and plates to the side studs 3 and C feet from the bottom of the 

 sill respectively, this giving both the north and south sides of 

 the frame the same appearance as shown in Fig. 4. 



Fig. 4. — Partitions, girts and rafters. 



The frame is now complete and ready for covering, which 

 may be done by purchasing 12-foot boards of such quality and 

 finish as suit our taste, and cutting every board exactly in 

 halves. It will now be found that a 6-foot board will exactly 

 reach from the bottom of the sill to the top of the plate, and 

 also from the middle rafter down over the plate, leaving suffi- 



