i6 BRIGGS' SYSTEM OF 



After putting on both sides put on your ends, up and 

 down same as siding Then for your roof saw your 14 

 foot boards one-half inch from center This makes one- 

 half just one inch longer than the other Now plane off 

 your groove in first board. Let this project one inch 

 over end of house. Put on your south side first, using 

 your shortest board, nailing boards about three-eighths 

 of an inch from your peak, as your boards on north side 

 nail over these, and in this case you use no ridge board. 



Your roof boards should be very dry, and put firmly 

 together, and you will have no leaky roofs. 



Next, saw out for your windows. In same end of 

 house you put your door. 



Put two windows in center of this part under plate 

 on south side by nailing a 2 by 2 for windows to slide on. 

 You slide this pair of windows both ways. Put your 

 other window in the other department, two boards from 

 center of house, and under plate, just the same as the 

 other pair, sliding it back. This is used principally for 

 cleaning the house. 



Saw a hole for letting out fowls in first part of house 

 under your two windows, and put in a slide which you 

 can slide sideways with your foot, fitting this very loose. 



Now put in your roosts. First, nail a strip up and 

 down seven feet from back end. Put a 2 by 4 block on 

 plank to keep this strip out so window will slide in 

 between. Now nail a seven foot strip from end of 

 house to your short strip sixteen inches below top of 

 plate. Do this on both sides and on these boards lay 

 your rciosts 2 by 3 ten feet long. About five of these gives 

 sixty hens plenty of room. You can either notch your 

 board one-half inch to lay them in or let them lay loose 

 on your board. Do not nail them. 



Now put in your wire netting partition in center of 

 liouse, a door of wire netting. 



Put in your feed hoppers and nests, and your house is 

 practically complete. 



