POULTRY-CRAFT. 27 
The tent shaped house, Fig. 3, is § 
ft. square on the ground, and 8 ft. to the 
apex. The floor is of plank, and the 
front open slat work. Houses like this 
are used upon a large New Hampshire 
farm. The capacity of the house is 12 
hens; the cost, (in N. H.), about $8. 
Fig. 4 shows a house used on a Rhode 
Island farm. Ground dimensions are 
8x 12 ft.; height, to the eaves, 6 ft.; 
to the apex, 8 ft. The walls are of rough 
boards, battened. The roof is shingled. 
Eig Se AV Iea ne Cobia Pam Hae) Arai twenty hens can be housed in it. 
In Fig. 5 is shown a house of brick, or stone, with roof of boards covered 
with tarred felt. The drawing was made from a building on a Rhode Island 
farm. Each house of this style was 11 x 14 ft. on the ground; 7 ft. high in 
front, and 4 ft. high in rear. In each 
twenty hens were kept; but a house of 
Fig. 4. Colony Plan House. Fig. 5. Brick House — for the Colony Plan. 
this size would not be overcrowded with twenty-five to thirty hens of the small 
or medium sized breeds. If new material must be bought and building labor 
hired, it does not generally pay to use brick and stone. If such materials are 
at hand, or can be procured at trifling cost, and the building done by the poul- 
tryman, there is no economy in rejecting them. Facility 
in making use of available building materials, foods, etc., [-- -----------4 
is one test of a man’s ability as a poultryman. Provided [-. ._ _. wane 
‘the house conforms to the essentials stated in 927, the | _ Psy and. 
widest latitude may be taken in using materials. Good fegreg, teem 
houses have been log 
houses, grout houses, 
adobe houses. Poul- 
try houses have been Open 
made with walls and Scratching 
wat Tye Shed 
roofs of old railroad xe 
ties, the crevices being 
filled with mud, and 
= — t —— 8 i 
Fig. 6. A Colony Plan Scratching Shed House. 
