A POULTRY COMPENDIUM. I3 



except the sills which are chestnut, is of spruce. The 

 first or inside boarding is of hemlock nailed with 

 planed side in. This is covered with heavy tarred paper, 

 and the paper is in turn covered with matched pine 

 boards. There are two large windows made in one sash 

 (ordinary storm sashes) and fitted to slide to each side, so 

 that in summer the glass can be out of the way and 

 allow the admission of plenty of air. Two round holes 

 are cut for the admission of the fowls and are closed 

 with sliding doors. In each end of the building near 

 the roof there is left an opening for ventilation, to be 

 closed in the same way. The house is divided into two 

 rooms, each lo by 6 feet, with a lath partition and a 

 battened door. The foundation of the house was made 

 by digging a trench about a foot wide and deep, filling 

 the same with stone and cement; upon this an eight inch 

 wall, three bricks high, was laid. The foundation cost 

 nine dollars. The floor is of earth and is filled inside 

 the house nearly up to the sills, and outside sufficiently 

 to form a good watershed. The following is the actual 

 bill for materials and labor. The house was built by a 

 carpenter, and the foundation laid by a mason. 



Cost of foundatioii $9.00 



564 feet of matched pine @ 3 cents 16.92 



52 " spruce @ .018 94 



58 " chestnut @ .025 1.45 



150 " spruce @ .018 2.70 



340 " hemlock @ .015 5.10 



2 latches and handles..... 20 



I lock 30 



36 feet of moulding (under edges of roof) go 



20 lbs. of nails @ 4 cents 80 



