COMFORTABLE HOUSES FOR BREEDING PENS 



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BILL, OF MATERIALS FOR BREEDING HOUSE 



Size Length No. of 

 Inches Feet Pieces 



Remarks 



Sills, sides 4x6 10 20 



Sills, sides 2x4 10 20 



Sills, end 4x6 16 



Joists 2x6 16 50 



Girder .. 4x6 16 



Plates .. 2x4 10 40 



Studs, front 2x4 12 28 1 piece cuts 2 



Studs, back 2x4 14 25 1 piece cuts 2 



Studs, ends - 2x4 16 7 1 piece cuts 2 



Studs, partitions 2x4 16 1 piece cuts 2 



Short studs and misc.... 2x4 10 



Ridge plate 4x4 10 



Ridge 1x6 10 10 



Rafters 2x6 14 



Rafters 2x4 10 25 l piece cuts 2 



Rafter ties 1x6 12 1 piece cuts 2 



Support for drop. plat.. 2x4 14 



Perches - 2x4 12 



.Roof boards 1x10 2000 bd. meas. Surfaced 



T & G siding 1x6 1650 bd. meas. 



Subfloor 1x10 1700 bd. meas. 



Matched flrg., top fl.... 7 / 8 x4 2000 bd. meas. 



Matched flrg. for drop. 



plat., doors, etc %x4 300 bd. meas. 



Beaded ceiling for walls 



ceilings & partitions 3-16x4 4300 bd. meas. 



Barge boards %x6 250 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Sills for windows, etc.. 1^x8 150 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Frame for windows and 



doors %x6 350 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Weather strips %x% 170 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Trim lumber %x4 500 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Frames for muslin 

 shutter, perch shut- 

 ters, perch supports 

 and misc %x3 600 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Nest doors 1x8 60 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Partition door frame.... 1x4 25 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Partition door frame.... 1x3 * 150 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Furring for bridging.... 1x2 500 lin. feet. 



Galvanized doors, wire staples and wood triggers for forty 



nests. 



20 squares of prepared roofing. 

 15 squares of waterproof sheathing paper for the floor. 



8 check rail windows, 12-light, 10xl2-inch glass. 

 450 sq. ft. of 2-inch mesh poultry netting for partitions, etc. 

 260 sq. ft. of 1-inch mesh netting for windows and open front. 

 400 sq. ft. of muslin for shutters and perch curtains. 

 400 sq. ft. of canvas for alley and end partitions. 

 2 pr. 8-inch T-trap hinges, outside doors. 

 2 6-inch hasps. 



8 pr. 3-inch hinges for partition doors. 

 2 doz. pr. 2% -inch butt hinges for muslin shutters, canvas 



doors a.nd nest doors. 

 18 2-lnch screw hooks and eyes. 

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

 8 pr. 2-inch butt hinges for windows. 

 2 doz. sash bolts. 

 24 feet chain for sash adjusters. 

 Nails, tacks, paint, etc. 



FIG. 115 FLOOR PLAN OF ONE COMPARTMENT IN BREEDING HOUSE 

 Reproduced from Farmers' Bulletin 574, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 



MATERIAL FOR FORTY TRAP-NESTS 



Sides and bottoms .. %x4 230 bd. meas. Surfaced 



Top rails of partition %x2 50 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Top rails of ends 7 ^xl% 50 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Bottom rails of ends %x3 50 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Srde rails of ends T/ 8 x2 50 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Strips . %x% 80 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Partition strip 7 / 8 x2?4 50 lin. feet. Surfaced 



Galvanized iron doors, wire staples, and triggers. 



MATERIALS FOR FOUNDATION AND FLOOR 



If a concrete foundation and floor are preferred, the fol- 

 lowing materials will be required, the joists, girders and 

 flooring as specified in the lumber bills, being omitted. 



140 sacks of Portland cement. 

 285 cu. ft. of sand. 

 600 cu. ft. of gravel or stone. 



400 cu. ft. of gravel or broken stone for drainage and in- 

 sulation. 



BREEDING HOUSE FOR MILD CLIMATES 



Used On Government Poultry Farm Near Washington, 



D. C. Suitable for Laying Flocks Where Win- 



ters Are Not Too Severe. 



By HARRY M. LAMON 



(The experimental farm of the Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, is located at 

 Beltsville, a short distance out of Washington, D. C. 

 Here a liberal tract of land has been set aside for experi- 

 mental work with poultry, under the capable direction of 

 Harry M. Lamon, head of the Poultry Division. The 

 house here illustrated and described has been in success- 

 ful use on this farm for several years and also has served 

 as a model for general use in other parts of the country. 

 While the original house is used for breeding pens, the 

 plan is well adapted to the requirements of laying flocks, 

 simply changing width of pens to accommodate flocks of 

 desired size. Ed.) 



This house, known as the "long breeding house," is 

 180 feet long, 18 feet deep, and is divided into pens nine 

 feet wide. At one end there is a two-story building, 20 

 feet by 36 feet. The first floor contains an office room 

 and bins for feed. The upper floor has sleeping quarters 

 for the men and rooms for storage. Un- 

 derneath is an incubator cellar of the 

 same dimensions. 



The equipment of this poultry house 

 is extiemely simple. The droppings 

 boards are on the north side, two and 

 one-half feet from the floor, and the 

 roosts are about fifteen inches from the 

 wall and eight inches from the drop- 

 pings boards. The roosts are on hinges 

 and are very convenient to handle when 

 the droppings boards are to be cleaned. 

 Then there is a pen next to the roosts, 

 four feet ten inches deep and three feet 

 wide, for breaking up broody hens. The 

 nests are placed under the droppings 

 boards, are portable and can easily be 

 removed for cleaning and when it is 

 necessary to replenish the nesting ma- 

 material, which, by the way, is attended 

 to often. Great care is taken to clean 

 the nest thoroughly, should an egg be- 

 come broken in any of them, as soon as 

 the broken egg is discovered. The nest 

 is a great harboring place for mites if 

 it becomes dirty and filthy. 



There is a platform two feet by two 

 feet in size and two feet from the floor, 

 for holding the drinking dish. .Each 



