34 SQUABS FOR PROFIT 



Ground plan of house, pen and yard. — Descrip- 

 tion of Fig. 1 1 : A, general plan ; B, section of pen ; 

 Description: a, three-foot alleyway; b, two-foot 

 door covered with wire netting ; c, 2 x 3-inch studding ; 

 d, upright portion between nests. Do not let each of 

 these portions come to the floor. In this respect, the 

 plan has been modified. It is better to follow the plan 

 shown in Fig. 13; e, 2 x 3-inch posts in yard; f, yard; 

 g, two-foot gate; h, i, j, 3 x 4-inch sills; 1, six-inch 

 board; m, six-inch board along bottom; n, piers; o, 2 

 X 4-inch joints ; p, partitions between pens ; q, studding 

 between the windows. 



Front view of house showing arrangement of 

 frame. — Description of Fig. 12: The section shown 

 at A represents the south of front side of the house. 

 This is sided up with seven-eighth-inch North Carolina 

 pine beaded, tongued and grooved. At B is shown an 

 adjoining section or pen, representing arrangement 

 of frame for construction. Studding, stringers, plates 

 and rafters are made of 2 x 3-inch hemlock; the sills 

 3 X 4-inch hemlock. Description : a, part of fly next 

 to the house, showing angle of sunning board running 

 full length of the hou.se. (See also d, Fig. 13) ; b, 

 full length, back side ; c, slide to entrance and exit ; d, 

 eight-inch eaves board ; f , partition between pens ; g, 2 x 

 three-inch rafters; h, i x 12-inch board nailed across 

 rafters at peak to strengthen them ; i, sliding window in 

 rear of house, two of these each 40- foot house; j, 

 center post in front side between windows; k, front 

 stringer; 1, floor, made of seven-eighth-inch North 

 Carolina pine, tongued and grooved ; m, fill in between 

 piers with rough boards; n, distance to fit window 

 sash; o, 2 x 4-inch hemlock joists set 2 feet apart 

 on sills; p, 2 x 3-inch post outside in yard next to 

 house ; q, 3 X 4-inch hemlock sills. 



