28 POULTR?-CRAFT. 
the roofs covered several inches deep with earth. Fig. 6 shows a single house 
often used with the colony plan. It is usually built without windows, the 
south front of the shed being always open, and the door between shed and 
roosting room being closed only in severe weather. Sometimes a slat door 
is hung inside to admit air, while keeping out night prowlers. The diagram 
is for a house 8 x 16 ft. on the ground, the floor space equally divided for the 
close room and the open shed. 
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la Fig. 7. Two-Pen Poultry House. 
PP, droppings boards; rr, roosts: NN, nests; 
Sy. | de ties aa DD, large doors; dd, small doors; w w, win- 
__ >? dows; W, water dish; gg, grit box; s, screen 
door; FF, fences. 
4 ‘Le 32. A Two-Pen Poultry 
4 li House. — Fig. 7 shows a small 
double poultry house, with 
i ig ie 2\ yards at sides and to the rear 
“os = _ of the house. The ground 
dimensions are 10 x 16 ft.; height, at eaves, 6 ft.; at apex, 8 ft. It has 
shingled roof, The sides are of rough lumber covered with lapped siding. 
Materials. 
Dimension lumber :— 
2 pieces 2 x 4 scantling 16 ft. long—for sills; 
2 pieces 2 x 4 scantling 10 ft. long —for sills; 
3 pieces 2 x 3 scantling 16 ft. long —for plates and studs; 
14 pieces 2 x 3 scantling 12 ft. long—for rafters, studs, etc.; 
I piece 2 x 3 scantling 14 ft. long —for studs: 
163 sq. ft. 
16ft. sheathing . . . . . ie ee RS ote am, a §O0 sq. ft: 
Siding . . . 220 sq. ft. 
6 12-inch boards 16 ft. long, dressed on one side, for cornice, casings, etc. 
2 thousand shingles; 50 laths; 2 4-panel doors; 2 screen doors; 4 sash 6-light 10 x 14 
glass; building paper to cover 500 sq. ft.; 2 pr. loose pin butt hinges; 1 pr.6in. T hinges; 
1 lock; 1 bolt; nails, screws, etc. 
From this bill of lumber enough will be left, after finishing exterior, for 
inside partition, roosts, droppings boards, nests, dust boxes. 
