ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER SPECIAL BUILDINGS 



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this purpose it will be found convenient for general stor- 

 age of grain or equipment. In this case a large outside 

 door should be provided with an overhead pulley for 

 handling heavy articles. 



The following bill of materials provides for this 

 house complete, as shown in plans, except plumbing, etc. 

 See foot of page for bill of materials for fattening crates. 



BILL. OF MATERIALS FOK ADMINISTRATION HOUSE 

 FOR LARGE POULTRY FARM 



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Size Length No. of 



Inches Feet Pieces 



Sills, sides 2x8 



Sills, ends 2x8 



Girder 4x8 



Cellar dr. and window 



frames 2x8 



I'laies and stringers.... 2x4 



Studs, main floor 4x4 



Studs, fattening room.. 2x4 



Studs, second floor 2x4 



Joists, main floor 2x8 



Joists, fattening room.. 2x8 



Joists, 2nd floor 2x8 



Joists, fattening room, 



overhead 2x6 



Joists, 2nd floor, over'd 2x6 



Rafters 2x6 



Rafter braces 1x6 



Bridging 1x2 



Roof boards 1x10 



Overhead flooring in 



fattening shed 1x10 



T & G siding %x6 



Ceiling % x4 



Flooring %x4 



10 

 10 

 10 



10 



10 



10 



'8 



8 



10 

 10 

 10 



10 



20 

 14 



24 

 12 

 12 



30 

 70 

 100 

 40 

 50 

 40 

 30 

 30 



30 

 10 

 62 



250 lin. ft. 

 800 lin. ft. 

 2000 ft. bd. meas. Surfaced 



650 ft. bd. meas. 

 3000 ft. bd. meas. 

 6000 ft. bd. meas. 

 1500 ft. bd. meas. 



13 window frames 2 feet 8 inches by 5 feet 4 inches 



6 door frames 2 feet 8 inches by 6 feet 4 inches 



3 door frames 2 feet 8 inches by 6 feet 4 inches 



6 panel doors 2 feet 8 inches by 6 feet 4 inches 



3 panel doors 2 feet 6 inches by 6 feet 4 inches 



13 2-sash windows, 4-light, 14x28-inch glass. 



2 4-light sashes, 10xl2-inch glass. 



4 6-light sashes, 12xl4-inch glass. 



Stair boards %xlO 200 lin. ft. Surfaced 



Stair boards %x8 150 lin. ft. Surfaced 



Trim boards %x4 500 lin. ft. Surfaced 



Barge boards %x6 500 lin. ft. Surfaced 



16M. shingles. 



9 pr. 4-inch butt hinges. 

 26 pr. window bolts. 



2 pr. galvanized strap hinges for refrigerator. 

 2 pr. 8-inch T-strap hinges for cellar door. 

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

 6 rim locks. 

 2 hasps. 



1500 bricks for flue. 

 Plumbing:. 

 Nails and paint. 



MATERIALS FOR FOUNDATION AND FLOORS 



325 bags Portland cement. 



750 cu. ft. sand. 



1400 cu. ft. crushed stone or gravel. 



400 cu. ft. stone or gravel for drainage and insulation. 



FIG. 171 WOODEN FATTENING CRATE WITH 

 METAL, FEED TROUGH 



FATTENING CRATES 



Suitable Crates Are Indispensable for Fattening Market 



Fowls. Different Kinds in Use and Practical 



Plans for Building. 



In finishing special-quality table fowls, fattening 

 crates are of great value. Their use enables the poultry- 

 man to keep the birds under most favorable conditions 

 and to feed them heavily on suitable fattening rations, 

 while close confinement softens the flesh as nothing else 

 can do. 



It is possible to get fairly good results with what is 

 known as the pen-fattening method, in which small flocks 

 are kept confined to indoor pens and fed the same fatten- 

 ing rations as are used in crate feeding. The use of 

 crates, however, 

 economizes room, 

 reduces labor, and 

 produces quicker 

 and larger gains 

 and better quality. 

 It is for this rea- 

 son that commer- 

 cial poultry feed- 

 ing plants use 

 crates almost ex- 

 clusively. 



Different stvles 



TP COVERED H/TH 

 I 



FIG. 172 CROSS SECTION OF 

 FATTENING CRATE 



FIG. 170 CIXTEEN-COMPARTMENT PORTABLE 

 FEEDING BATTERY 



of fattening crates are in use but they all adhere to one 

 general type which experience has shown to be the best 

 and most practical. 



MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR ONE THREE-COMPART- 

 MENT FATTENING CRATE 



%x3-inch boards for frame 50 lin. feet 



%x%-inch strips for front 50 lin. feet 



%x%-inch strips for bottom 42 lin. feet 



%x3-inch board for inside of trough 6 lin. feet 



%x4-inch board for outside of trough 6 lin. feet 



28 sq. ft. of 1-inch mesh netting for top, back, ends and 



nartitions. 

 Nails and double-pointed tacks. 



The crate shown in Figs. 168, 169 and 172 is the kind 

 used in equipping the fattening shed previously de- 

 scribed. It is easily and cheaply made. The floor may 

 be of 1-in. wooden strip-s or 1-in. wire netting, and the 

 ends, back and top may be covered with poultry netting 

 instead of wood strips, if preferred. Fig. 171 shows 

 a three-pen crate of similar construction but with a trough 

 of galvanized iron, consisting of a suitable length of ordi- 

 nary 3 or 4-inch eave troughing. Metal troughs are easily 

 made and kept in sanitary condition, but where a large 



