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POULTRY HOUSES 



is hinged to the front corner posts with ^-in. iron 

 bolts that pass through the uprights and end frame of 

 the roof. The frame of the building is made of light 

 but strong wood, the uprights a being made of 2" x 3" 

 material and the baseboards b of 1-in. material. The 

 front and rear of the house consist of doors d that 

 can be raised and lowered at will. The doors swing 

 up from the bottom and are held open by means of 

 an iron hook h, as shown in Fig. 10 (&), in which one 

 of the front doors is represented in the open position by 

 dotted lines; an outside view of this is shown in Fig. 9. 

 To prevent the hook from becoming unfastened when 

 gusts of wind shake the door, the wire is provided with 

 a linked joint at its upper end. The hook should 



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FIG. 12 



always hook under the handle and never over it. A 

 small hook attached to a light chain may be used as 

 a substitute for the iron hook. The doors and roof 

 are made of a light framework covered with thin 

 matched boards. Plans of the roof and door frames 

 are shown in Fig. 12 (a) and (&). 



During hot weather the doors may be raised to a 

 nearly horizontal position, thus permitting currents of 

 air to pass through the coop, and in this position they 

 provide shade for the fowls. The fowls may be 

 confined to the houses when the doors are opened by 



