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the roosting rooms are warmer. The fronts of the sheds are of wire netting, 
with cloth curtains (on light wooden frames hung on hinges) inside, which 
are let down in stormy weather and on cold nights. Each section has a 
capacity of twenty to thirty fowls. 
Materials. 
23 short cedar posts to go under sills. 
Dimension lumber : — 
5 pieces 2 x 4 in. 10 ft. long; 4 pieces 2 x 4 in. 18 ft. long; 
19 pieces 2 x 4 in. 12 ft. long; 4 pieces 2 x 3 in. 18 ft. long; 
2 pieces 2 x 3 in, 16ft. long; 6 pieces 2 x 3 in. 14 ft. long; 
5 pieces 2 x 3 in. 12 ft. long: 
356 sq. ft. 
Sheathing. . . : hae a angie RE Ae 2 : : . 1000 sq. ft. 
Matched flooring . . . 5 : . 200 sq. ft. 
Roofing paper tocover . . . . + + 800 sq. ft. 
120 sq. ft. 6 ft. wide wire neteings 2-in. ede; on sq. ft. aes wide wire netting; 12 yds. 
muslin for curtains; 4 6-light sash, 8 x 10 glass; 5 pr. 6-in T hinges; 2 pr. 3-in. T 
hinges; locks, latches, nails, etc. 
Note. — Studs should be placed as indicated by the small white squares in the 
diagram, rafters 2 ft. apart at centers. The plan may be changed to slightly lessen the 
cost and increase a little the capacity of the house. Records of numerous flocks kept in 
houses of this kind seem to show that the better plan is to have the two parts of the 
section of equal size, and cover both floors with scratching material. With such an 
arrangement, each part being 9 x 10 ft., all studs and rafters in a house with 18 ft. 
sections are placed 3 ft. apart. 
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41. Suggestions for Scratching Shed Houses.— The style of house 
described in 40 is the one most gencrally used. The original plan was for 
a close house, of which a part could be made an open shed at will. There is 
reason to think that in principle this is the better plan, though the particular 
design first given had objectionable features. In Fig. 17 are shown some 
suggestions for houses in which the scratching sheds can be open or close at 
will. The drawing at A represents a house, with sections of different 
dimensions, the first 16 ft. long, the next 24 ft. long. ach section is 
divided into two equal parts, one of which can be made, practically, an open 
shed by opening the door, which is 4 ft. wide in the small section, and 6 ft. 
wide in the large one. The half-windows light the sheds when the doors are. 
closed. The design at B shows another arrangement for fronts of shéd rooms 
of same dimensions as at A. The doors proper are but 2 ft. wide. The half- 
windows are placed i ft. from the ground. The upper half of each front, 
exclusive of the door, can be opened or closed at will. By an arrangement 
of double hinging, shown in detail in Fig. 18, the shutters swing either in or 
out. In winter, when it is desirable to admit the sun, the shutters swing in. 
For warm weather, the shutters swing out, is an awning, excluding the sun 
from the shed, shading the half-windows, and making the shed during the 
heat of the day an ideal ccol place for hens. The stop over the joint between 
