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Perch support, 1 piece, 2x4 inches, 8 feeflong. 



Lattice for broody coop, and water platform, 2 pieces, 1x2 inches, 8 

 feet long. , 



Flooring for front, 4 pieces, 4 inches wide and 16 feet long. 



Flooring for front, 9 pieces, 4 inches wide and 10 feet long. 



Flooring for ends, 41 pieces, 4 inches wide and 14 feet long. 



Flooring for back, 22 pieces, 4 inches wide and 12 feet long. 



Flooring for droppings boards, 8 pieces, 4 inches wide, 12 feet long. 



Battens for droppings boards and door, 4 pieces, 1x4 inches, 12 feet 

 long. 



For roof. No. 3 sheathing, 196 feet. 



Hardware ; 



Hinges for door, roosts, 3 pairs. 



Chain to raise roost poles, 2 feet. 



Good prepared roofing, 196 square feet. 



Wire netting for front and sides of broody coop, 3 yards, one- inch 

 mesh, 24 inches wide. 



Wiref or front of house, iyi yards, one-inch mesh, 36 inches wide. 



97. Construction Notes. The front and the rear corner posts 

 are four by four inches. The rafters are two by four inches 

 and are placed two fee,t apart. There is a projection of the 

 roof, one foot back, front, and sides. The front elevation of 

 Fig. 19 shows the .open front. The front opening is covered 

 with one-inch chicken netting. For cold climates part of this 

 opening is provided with a window and the open part with a 

 drop curtain (90). The house should face the south. The front 

 elevation shows a hole, twelve inches square, to allow the hens 

 to pass out and in. This is guarded by a door which can be 

 shut at night to keep the rats out, thus preventing them from 

 consuming mash. It also keeps out minks, skunks, opossums, 

 and other enemies of poultry. The nests are placed just below 

 the droppings board, or along the side wall. The first perch 

 pole should be fourteen inches from the back wall of the house 

 and the perch poles should be twelve inches apart and fourteen 

 inches from the front edge of the droppings board. The drop- 

 pings board is made in eighteen-inch sections, so that it may 

 be removed for cleaning and disinfecting. The water rack is 

 eighteen inches square. It is constructed of two-inch strips laid 

 two inches apart and supported by two by four-inch braces. 



