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POULTRY HOUSES AND FIXTURES 



HILL OF MATERIALS FOR (J-PEN COMPARTMENT 

 HOUSE 



Remarks 



One 

 One 

 Cut 



piece cuts 

 piece cuts 

 to fit. 



5 pr. double-acting spring hinges for partitu/n doors, 

 2 pr. 4-inch strap hinges for ventilator doors. 

 36 ft. chain for sash holders. 

 Nails, tacks and paint. 



MATERIAL FOR FOUNDATION AND FLOOR 



210 bags Portland cement. 



500 cu. ft. sand. 



950 cu. ft. crushed stone or gravel. 



800 cu. ft. cinders or broken stone for filling. 



S u r f a c ed upper 



edges rounded. 

 Milled. 

 Milled. 

 Surfaced 2 sides. 



Surfaced 

 Surfaced 



Surfaced 

 Surfaced 

 Surfaced 

 Surfaced 

 Surfaced 



sides, 

 sides. 



sides, 

 sides, 

 sides, 

 sides, 

 sides. 



Surfaced 4 sides. 



MATERIALS FOR PLATFORM NESTS (TWENTY-FOUR 



SETS, 4 NESTS EACH) 



jj Size Length No. o 



Inches Feet Pieces 



Base boards, front %x6 10 12 



Doors %x7 10 12 



Partitions , %xll 12 12 



Base boards, back %x4 10 12 



Top strips %x2 10 24 



Bottom boards T/ 8 xl2 10 12 



Running boards %x6 10 12 



Brackets %x4 10 12 



All boards surfaced four sides. 



24 4-inch strap hinges for doors. 

 28 squares prepared roofing. 



24 window sashes, 1^4-inch, 6-light, 10xl4-inch glass. 

 850 sq. ft. 1-in. mesh netting for partitions and windows. 

 225 sq. ft. muslin for curtains. 

 26 anchor bolts, %xl2-inch, with 2-inch washers for each. 



2 pr. 8-inch T-strap hinges for outside doors. 



2 6-inch hasps for doors. 

 12 pr. 2-inch butt hinges for windows. 

 12 pr. 2%-inch butt hinges for shutters. 



6 doz. 2-inch hooks and eyes. 

 12 pr. 4-inch strap hinges for perch supports. 



68 PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTING NEW ENGLAND LAYING HOUSE 

 Prepared by Poultry Dept. Mass. Agri. College. 



FIG. 69 NEW ENGLAND OPEN-FRONT LAYING HOUSE 

 Photo from Mass. Agri. College. 



A NEW ENGLAND LAYING HOUSE 

 Especially Suitable for Farm Flocks. Has Open Front 

 and Separate Small Pen Suitable for Breed- 

 ers or Storage. 



By PROF. J. C. GRAHAM 



The plan herewith presented shows a detention pen 

 six feet wide on the east side of the house. . As can be 

 seen, the house is 18 feet deep and 24 feet long, which 

 gives floor space sufficient for 100 pullets or hens. 



The height of the front is 7 feet 10 inches, and back, 

 4 feet 10 inches. A 2x4, 12 feet long, sawed in two, will 

 make the back stud 4^ feet and the front 7^ feet. Then 

 the two-inch plate at the top and the sill at the bottom 

 give the full dimensions already 

 stated. The rear rafter is just 14 

 feet long, the front one six feet, 

 and the peak 10 feet from the 

 floor. Note that the rafter at the 

 rear is sawed off flush with the 

 back edge of the stud and plate, 

 and the rear roof board is allowed 

 to project over about three inches, 

 with a small strip nailed up un- 

 derneath it on the outside. This 

 closes up the crack, if any, and 

 makes a tight, cheap method of 

 construction. The front ends of 

 the rafters are sawed off vertical- 

 ly, and underneath the projection 

 of the rafters a board is fitted in 

 between the board nailed against 

 the ends and the siding end of the 

 house, which gives a tight, cheap 

 construction for the front end of 

 the rafters. Note that a 4x4 beam 

 supports the center of the roof. 

 This is necessary in a house 18 

 . feet wide. 



The cloth at each end of the 

 opening is nailed to frame made of 

 material three inches wide and 



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