way for fifty or one hundred feet. When he wishes to remove 

 the litter or shovel sand into the middle pens it is necessary to 

 open and shut a number of gates before he can do so. But with 

 the yards in the rear the poultryman can drive along the front 

 of his house and reach the middle pen as easily as he can at 

 the ends. 



The houses that I use in the colony-community plan are all 

 alike, and are very simple in construction. Each house is 12 

 feet long, 7 feet wide, 7 feet high in front and 5 feet high in the 

 rear, and is designed to accommodate 50 brooder chicks, 20 



Colony-community houses arranged in streets, with yards running to the rear. 



head of laying stock, or a breeding pen of one male and twelve 

 females. 



The house rests on cedar posts or old railroad ties put in 

 the ground below the frost line and sawed off eight inches 

 above the surface. There are six of these posts, three on each 

 side, and where old railroad ties are used the whole cost of the 

 foundation is 15 cents. On these ties are laid two main sills 

 and four cross sills, each 2x4 spruce. The plates are 2x4 stuff, 

 but the other timbers in the frame posts and rafters are 2x3. 



After the building is framed the floor is laid. This is dou- 

 ble, and between the upper and lower floor Neponset black 

 sheathing is used. The covering to the frame is then put on, 

 and over the boards Neponset black sheathing is tacked. This 



