140 MAINE AGRICULTURAI, EXPERIMENT STATION. I9I3. 



As Stated above thp larger part of one end of the shed is 

 plank. The cement wall is continued on this end only far 

 enough from either corner to provide a place for the slot into 

 which the planks are slipped. This slot is formed by a groove 

 two inches deep and a little more than two inches wide in each 

 end of the cement wall. See Figs. 58 and 59. These grooves 

 were formed by placing angle iron posts within the board forms. 



This completes the description of the cement work in the 

 building. 



The removable end is of two inch planks Avhich are slipped 

 into the above described slot in the cement wall. 



The plates and rafters are of 2x4 timbers. Inch boards were 

 used for roof boards, gables, etc. The gable on the plank end 

 is removable. It is held in position by hooks and is provided 

 with a handle in the center. 



The roof is covered with roofing paper. In one side are 

 two trap doors also covered with this roofing. Each of these 

 doors is 2 feet 4 inches x 2 feet 10 inches and fits over a frame 

 in the roof, to which it is hinged at the top. The end of a lath 

 is attached by a double screweye hinge to the inside of each 

 door at the right edge about half way from bcrttom to top. The 

 edge of this lath is provided with notches which hook over a 

 nail on the inside of the door frame. When hooked this lath 

 holds the door open. A 2x4 strip is nailed across the inside 

 of each door frame a little more than half way from bottom 

 to top. This serves as a rest for the basket when droppings are 

 emptied into the shed. 



This shed is placed at the end of the line of poultry houses. 

 The wide raised walk which extends along the entire front of 

 the houses is continued past the shed as a 2-foot walk. Between 

 the last poultry house and the shed the walk is built on an in- 

 cline so that at the end of the shed it is only i foot 8 inches 

 from the eaves. This is a convenient height from which to 

 reach the doors with the baskets of droppings. 



The Cost of the Shed. 



The itemized cost of this shed is as follows : 



Cement $45.60 



Gravel 20.00 



Inch boards 17.50 



