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wall, and the rafters are ceiled as far forward as the 
dropping board extends, from which point a burlap cur- 
tain is dropped down to protect the hens in severe cold 
weather. The partitions are made of wire netting, except 
two feet next the floor, and a door swinging either way 
on spring hinges is placed in each partition. The water 
pans are on platforms, a hole being cut through the par- 
titions so each pan furnishes water for two rooms. This 
house was sided with shiplap and the roof was sheeted 
with fence-flooring and covered with two-ply roofing. 
The foundation was made of concrete and built up one 
foot above the surface. This was then filled with gravel 
and a cement floor laid on top, making a floor that is 
always dry. The following materials were used: 
Cement and gravel for foundation, quantity not given. 
Dimension stuff—10 pieces 2”x4”x16’—107’; 29 pieces 2”x 
4"x12’—232'; 12 pieces 2”x4"’x14’—112’; 12 pieces 2”x4”x 
8’'—64’; No. 3 fence flooring 696’; No. 1 shiplap 672’; 6 
squares two-ply roofing paper; 2 squares one-ply roofing 
paper; 1 roll red rosin building paper; netting for parti- 
tions; muslin for windows. In this plan the dimensions 
are shown on page 263. 7 
A house for the South or the Pacific Coast is shown on 
page 265. This house is made with a single wall, the 
weatherboarding being any common lumber of a cheap 
grade. At each end is a room 10’ square and between 
these is a room entirely open in front, except that it is 
covered with wire netting. The enclosed rooms at each 
end may be arranged as shown in the plans for the Min- 
nesota house (page 263). The open front space between 
the rooms is divided in the middle by a wire partition, 
except that two feet next the floor is boarded up to pre- 
vent cocks from fighting through the wires. We saw a 
