36 ]>I-:i'AKTMEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Cost of Material.* 



343 feet rough lumber @ $14 < 5 01 



738 feet shiplap @ $16 '..'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 11 80 



Two windcrws \ 3 00 



Two rolls tar-paper 2 00 



One bundle laths 60 



Two door-hinges and one hasp 1 50 



Wire for front 25 



' ._ 2 00 



Cost of material only 26 16 



SHED-ROOF HOUSE. 



If one prefers to build the shed-roof house instead of any of the foregoing, there 

 perhaps can be no better plan than that of the Cornell type of house, 16 x 16 feet. 

 This house, being built 9 feet at the front, or south elevation, and 5 feet at the back, 

 has hardly enough pitch to be used in the colder sections of the Province, but should 

 work well in any other sections. For the benefit of those who desire to build such 

 a house, making two pens 16 x 16 feet, the material needed for such a house, 16 x 32 

 feet, is as follows : ' 



15 pieces 2" x 4" x 10'. 



15 2" x 4" x 14'. 



6 .. -2" x 3" x 12'. 



13 .. -I" x r," x 18'. 



2 - .. 2" x 4" x VI'. 



405 square feet shiplap for roof, 18-foot lengths. 



360 .. shiplap. 16-foot leusrhs. 



220 .. rough lumber for back, 12-foot lengths. 



300 .. rough lumber for ends, 16-foot lengths. 



150 .. rough lumber for partition, 16-foot lengths. 



700 .. shiplap for miscellaneous work, 16- foot lengths. 



280 .. shiplap for front. 12-foot lengths. 



24 pieces 1M>" stuff. 12-foot lengths, for inside fixtures. 



For sills. 4 pieces 8" x 8" x 16', rough lumber. 



For floor. 64 pi<-.-es 1" x 12" x 16', rough lumber. 



Hardware, including roofing-paper and glass. $40. 



NOTE. The dimensions given on the cuts are applicable to the Lower Mainland, 

 Lower Gulf Islands, and the southern part of Vancouver Island. In other parts of 

 the Province, according to the coldness and dampness of the atmosphere, the houses 

 should be altered to meet the conditions. From Chill iwack to Kamloops and from 

 Cowichan to Comox we would suggest that houses be built at least 16 feet in depth. 

 For other parts of the Province where we have extreme cold the houses should be 

 built at least 18 feet in depth. In constructing poultry -houses, one should never 

 build them under 12 feet in depth nor over 22 feet ; the former would allow too much 

 air-circulation in the house, and the latter would allow too much dampness to collect 

 that would not dry out during the day. 



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



