14 A POULTRY COMPENDIUM. 



53 lbs. of tarred paper @ 3J^ cents 1.86 



2 windows 5-°° 



30 hours labor @ 30 cents 9.00 



To carting 75 



To painting 3.50 



$58.42 

 This furnishes an admirable house for one or two 

 breeds. I use it for two breeding pens, there being kept 

 in the house at the date of this writing twelve Leghorns 

 and nine Dorkings. 



The farmer or fancier who constructs his own house 

 could of course save considerable on the above bill. He 

 could lay a good stone foundation which would answer 

 every purpose, and he could do his own carpenter work 

 and painting. His savings would be something like this: 



On foundation $9.00 



" labor 9.00 



' ' painting 2. 00 



" carting 75 



Total saving , $20.75 



Cost of the house to him $58.42 



Less saving 20. 75 



$37-67 

 This is a small sum to expend for so good a poul- 

 try-house. 



A cheaper poultry-house can be built by allowing the 

 roof to 'extend almost to the ground, as in Fig. 4. 



This cut needs little explanation. The advantage 

 gained is obvious. This plan was suggested by Mr. H. 

 H. Stoddard, in his valuable little work on "Poultry 

 Architecture," to which the reader is referred for numer- 



