LONG LAYING HOUSE OF SMALL UNITS 133 
It will be noticed that a door is in the front of each pen (Figs. 
86 and 87); this is necessary in a house to be used for educational 
and experimental work, but is not desirable in a farm poultry 
house where one attendant will care for the entire flock. The 
muslin curtain should then be extended to cover this space. 
Attention is called to the presence of an elevated walk in front 
of the house, to allow easy access to each pen and yet allow the 
birds to enter the yards which extend to the south or front side. 
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Fie. 87.—Long laying house as planned in figure 86. The small units are suitable for 
breeding purposes. 
Note the hinged clapboard on the outside of the back wall, 
which can be opened and thus allow air to circulate around the 
perches on hot summer nights (Figs. 67 and 86).* 
Materials—The following list of material is required to build 
three sections of this type, making 16 x 48 feet: 
Foundation, 2 feet deep and 8 inches wide—20 bags cement, 2 cubic yarde 
gravel, 6 cubic yards cinders. 
All framing material hemlock or yellow pine— 
DU Sisxiie, Nests Healslcea cs Spat wove Slade oes ghana eama ag aaeay 8 ps. 2” x 6” x 20’ 
8 ps. 2” x 6" x 16’ 
3 ps. 2”x 4” x 16’ 
End and division studs................e.0e0000e, 10 ps. 2” x 4” x 8’ 
15 ps. 2”x4"x 7’ 
10 ps. 2” x 4” x 6” 
Side wall studs ........... 0. cece cece cece e eee eens 36 ps. 2” x 4” x 814’ 
23 ps. 2” x 4" x 514! 
Extras for short pieces ................e eee eee ee 3 ps. 2” x 4” x 12’ 
Corner and division posts (doubled).......... Feats 18 ps. 2” x 4” x 814! 
10 ps. 2” x 4” x 514! 
FRALCODB i ssccica 3 dicaclulng eudiieva & eokdeelaoartnioe dauexoteneaone ae 25 ps. 2”x 4” x 18’ 
Girder (doubled) ............0. cece eee eee eee 4 ps. 2” x 4” x 20’ 
2 ps. 2” x 4” x 8’ 
PU BGGS e050 Abide Hoe cosades basi evave: se ocae Wisk d hacepeunins gata coe 8 ps, 2” x 4” x 20’ 
4 ps. 2”x 4” x8’ 
*This method of summer ventilation was first developed by Poultry De- 
partment of Cornell University. 1t is now in quite general use. 
