one feet deep, six feet high on the north and four and one-half on the 

 south. The highest part of the roof should be ten feet from the ground. 

 In either size house a full size window should be placed in the middle of the 

 west side and the door in the center of the east side opposite. In operating 

 this house in the summer both the door and the window are removed and 

 replaced with wire netting. The south front which is always open is covered 

 with one inch mesh wire netting and a gate in this gives the fowls access 

 to the yard. A double boarded floor is recommended and roosts and drop- 

 pings board should be built along the north wall as in other houses we 

 describe. In such a deep, narrow house the roosts will extend farther out 

 towards the front than is usual and for this reason we would place the 

 nests along the west wall, keeping them up from the floor. 



A STANDARD POULTRY HOUSE 



Another very practical house is the Standard Poultry House. We give 

 it this name because it is equally serviceable for the farmer or for the regular 

 poultryman. The poultryman's experience in the business may justify him 

 in paying out more money for poultry house construction than the farmer, 

 or the amateur, may care to invest; so we describe different ways of making 

 floors, etc., that a choice may be taken in the matter of cost. 



The design we give is subject to as many additional pens as may be 

 desired, though the length given, 32 feet, allows for two pens accommo- 

 dating from 35 to 40 fowls 

 each. The house will be 12x 

 32, or 12x16 for each pen. 

 Considering the height of 

 seven feet in front, the depth 

 of twelve feet is sufficient, as 

 we require the sunlight to 

 reach back as far as possible. 

 For the cheaper construc- 

 tion, this house should rest on 

 cement piers or, where they 

 are not available, on posts 

 driven into the ground. There 

 should be twelve of these 



Illustration No. 9. 

 Standard Poultry House. 



at the middle of each end, 

 and three at front and rear 

 at equal distances between 

 the corners. Remember that 

 the number of piers men- 

 tioned provides for the 

 whole building of two com- 

 partments. These piers 

 should extend below the 

 frost line and, at least eight 

 inches above the ground. 

 The sills resting on these 

 piers should be of 4 x 4 

 scantling, while all the rest 

 of the frame can be of 2x4 

 stuff, except the rafters 

 which should be 2x5. 



piers, one at each corner, one 



Illustration No. 10. 

 End View of Standard Poultry House. 



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