34 POULTRY-CRAFT. 
pen in the house receives both morning and afternoon sun. Opinion is 
divided as to the value of the monitor top house. Not enough of them have 
been constructed and fully tested to show whether the defects in the house 
are such as can be overcome, or are irremediable. As the matter stands, the 
monitor top house is recommended only for short houses and for plants in 
moderate climates. 
Materials. (Fig. 13.) 
28 short cedar posts to support sills. 
Dimension lumber :— 
2 pieces 4 x 4 in. 20 ft. long; 4 pieces 4 x 4 in. 18 ft. long; 
18 pieces 2 x 3 in. 18 ft. long; 8 pieces 2 x 3 in. 12 ft. long; 
38 pieces 2 x 3 in. 10 ft. long; 6 pieces 2 x 2 in. 16 ft. long: 
020 sq. ft. 
Sheathing « « 8 2 3 # @ Maw we ey SB Be wR Y Me we « & 2O00'Sq. ft. 
Matched flooring . . . ote, AO GE OR Be Gas GS - + « 300 sq. ft. 
Building paper tocover . . . « 1600 sq. ft. 
12 sash, 6-light, 10 x 12 glass; 8 sq. cs wire shelling: on in. saeena 4 ft. wide; 256 sq. ft. 
netting 4 ft. wide; 2 pr. 6-in. T hinges, 6 pr. 4-in. T hinges, 6 pr. hinges for sash in 
top; locks, bolts, nails, etc. 
To estimate material for a house without monitor top, use the same ground 
plan, but figure on studs in passage partitions 3 {t. shorter; rafters 2 ft. longer 
than the long rafters over the pens; as much less sheathing and building 
paper as are required for the sides of the monitor top; and only half as many 
pieces of sash. 
39. The Semi-Monitor Top House. 
Fig. 15 illustrates the adaptation 
of the monitor top idea to a 
oy NT OS TBS house facing south, but still 
SCRE ON “HH having two rows of pens, 
= 2 and a walk in the middle. 
The plan is not a good one 
S : —— for permanent quarters for 
a at crews —— % : 
esl f a ae ___ laying stock. For a surplus 
stock house it works very 
ean? Ss IL RAN \ well. Sometimes it can be 
SS — : ; 
See used on the site available 
Fig. 15. Semi-Monitor Top House, better than any other. 
40. A Scratching Shed House. — Without a Walk. — Fig. 16 shows 
a very popular house. The prominent feature of the plan is that it gives the 
fowls a sheltered place with fresh air in abundance, and provision for exercise. 
The house illustrated is 10 ft. wide, 7 ft. high in front, and 4 ft. high in rear. 
Each 18 ft. section has a roosting room 8 x 10 ft., and an open front scratching 
shed 10 x to ft. The relative positions of the closed and open parts of adjoin- 
ing sections are reversed, bringing the parts together in pairs, two closed 
rooms, then two open sheds. The cost of construction is thus diminished, and 
