POULTRY-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 



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The material for a unit of a Woods poultry-house 14 x 14 feet is as follows : 



Cost of Material.* 



550 feet rough lumber @ $14 $ 7 70 



1,100 feet shiplap @ $16 17 60 



Two transoms 3 00 



One side-window 2 00 



Four pairs hinges and one hasp 2 00 



Wire for front 50 



Three rolls tar-paper 3 00 



T^aths 50 



Nails 3 00 



Nine posts 2 25 



Cost of material only 



THE TOLMAN HOUSE. 



$41 55 



The Tolman house is one which is used more for a colony system of housing 

 than for continuous housing. It should, however, give fair success when built deep 

 enough, providing that plenty of light is allowed inside by having muslin or glass 

 doors in between the pens. This, of course, adds to the expense of the house con- 

 siderably. A type of this house which is called "the automatic hen-house" was 

 originated by Professor W. R. Graham, of the Ontario Agricultural College, and was 

 built 20 x 20 feet. We believe this house to be very good where persons are housing 

 75 or 100 fowls in one flock in the more dry sections of the Province, especially 

 during the winter-time. 



* Add on 50 per cent, of the cost price to all these prices for 1918. 





