ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER SPECIAL BUILDINGS 



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FIG. 176 FLOOR PLAN OF COCKEREL HOUSE 

 between concrete and pen floors. The following is the A DRYING COOP 



10 6 



1100 ft. bd. meas. 



1500 ft. bd. meas 



3500 ft. bd. meas. 



Surfaced. 



bill of materials required for this cockerel house. 



BILL OF 3IATERIALS FOR COCKEREL HOUSE 



Use Slze 



Inches 



Sills, sides 2x4 



Sills, ends 2x4 



Plates 2x4 



Stuas, front 2x4 



Studs, rear 2x4 



Studs, ends & misc... 2x4 



Rafters 2x6 



Window and door 



sills 2x6 



Roof boards 1x10 



T & G siding %x6 



Ceiling %x4 



Flooring for pens, 



doors, etc. -. %x4 



Furring for floors 



of bottom pens..%x2 

 Ceiling boards for 



parts %x4 



Door and window 



frames %x5 



Strips base of 



windows %x4 



Weather strips %x% 



Trim boards for 



partition fronts.. %x2% 

 12 squares prepared roofing. 

 12 squares sheathing paper. 

 17 2-sash windows, 12-light, 10xl2-inch glass. 

 420 sq. ft. heavy wire fencing, for pen fronts. 

 12 anchor bolts, %x!2-inch, with 2-inch washers. 

 3 pr. 8-inch T-strap hinges. 

 2 hasps. 



17 pr. 2-inch butt hinges for top sash. 

 Plumbing for washing room. 

 Nails, double-pointed tacks and paint. 



MATERIALS FOR FOUNDATION AND FLOOR 



90 bags Portland cement. 

 200 cu. ft. of sand. 

 350 cu. ft. crushed stone or gravel. 

 200 cu. ft. crushed stone or gravel for filling. 



1200 ft. bd. meas. 



275 lin. ft. Surfaced. 

 1600 ft. bd. meas. 



300 lin. ft. Surfaced 4 sides. 



75 lin. ft. Surfaced 4 

 100 lin. ft. Surfaced 4 



sides, 

 sides. 



600 lin. ft. Surfaced 4 sides. 



Will Pay for Itself in a Season if Many Fowls Are to 



Be Fitted for Exhibition. Can Be Equipped 



for Oil Heater. 



The specially constructed drying coop shown in Fig. 

 178 is a most convenient piece of equipment for the con- 



jConcrey-e F/oor 

 FIG. 177 CROSS SECTION OF COCKEREL HOUSE 



FIG. 178 DRYING COOP USED IN FITTING FOWLS 

 FOR SHOW ROOM 



ditioning house. The size will be regulated by the num- 

 ber of fowls that are to be handled, but the one here 

 shown in about three feet wide, 

 three feet deep and five to six feet 

 long. As will be seen, it is warmed by 

 means of hot water pipes in the bot- 

 tom, the heat being supplied by a 

 small gas burner. Perches are pro- 

 vided on which the fowls perch while 

 drying and underneath are trays for 

 the droppings. With the front cur- 

 tains down the temperature can be 

 quickly raised to any desired point 

 and held there quite uniformly by oc- 

 casionally consulting the thermome- 

 ter suspended in the chamber. Mak- 

 ing use of a drying closet like this 

 will be found much better than the 

 laborious method of fanning, and 

 bette'r too than placing the birds in 

 an open coop in a warm room and 

 leaving them there to dry out slowly. 

 When gas is not available for use it 

 will not be difficult to adapt a good 

 blue flame oil burner to the purpose. 



