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are of pine, costing $17 per M. The spruce for studs for parti- 

 tions cost $12 per M. The inside ceiling is pine, having some 

 knots and streaks of dry rot, but giving a smooth hard surface, 

 and cost $8 per M. The hard pine sheathing on the outside 

 front cost $15 per M. The cedar shingles on the roof cost $2 

 per M., and the pine shingles on the walls were $1 per M. The 

 cost of the building completed was $705. Of this amount the 

 material cost $515 and the labor, which was partly contract and 

 partly by the day, cost $190. 



The front yard fences are 6 feet in height. Two feet at the 

 bottom is of boards and the 4 feet above of 2-inch mesh, No. 19 

 wire. The yards and gates cost completed, $65. The back 

 yard fences are not yet constructed. 



BROODING HOUSES. 



In the spring of 1897 six movable brooder houses were made 

 and located on the grass land conveniently near the farm build- 

 ings. These houses are each 6 feet by 12 feet and 5 feet high 

 at the front, and 4 feet at the back, with a door and window in 

 the front. 



Two Peep O'Day brooders were put in each house and sepa- 

 rated from each other by a wire partition. Each house had 

 two separate yards. In these six houses nine hundred Brahma 

 and Plymouth Rock chickens were raised until October, when 

 the pullets were put into winter quarters and the houses drawn 

 together by a pair of horses, so as to be ready for use again 

 early next spring. 



In the fall of 1897 a permanent brooding house was con- 

 structed and equipped for use. This house is 14 feet wide and 60 

 feet long. Its front wall is 4 feet 10 inches high from bottom of 

 sill to top of plate and the back is 7 feet high. The ridge is 4 

 feet in from, and 1 foot and 6 inches higher, than the back plate. 

 This gives the short part of the roof back of the ridge and the 

 long part to the front of it. 



This building is constructed in the same manner and of the 

 same material as the breeding house. It has the 4 inch dead 

 air space in walls and r % oof, and the tight double floor. The 

 front wall is 3 feet 8 inches high inside and the back wall is 5 

 feet 9 inches from floor to ceiling. There is a 3x6 feet door in 



