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wall studs rest on the sills; the front ones are 8 feet long and 

 the back ones 6 feet 6 inches long. The roof is unequal in 

 width, the ridge being in 8 feet from the front wall. The 

 height of the ridge from the sill to the extreme top is 12 feet 

 6 inches. All studding is 2 x .4 inches in size, and the rafters 

 are 2x5. The building is boarded with inch boards and 



A Section of the "House for Two Thousand Hens," Described by 

 G. M. Gowell. 



papered and shingled with good cedar shingles on walls 

 and roof. The floor is of two thicknesses of hemlock 

 boards, which break joints well in the laying. 

 Tight Partitions Separate the Pens. 

 The building is divided by tight board partitions into 

 20 sections, each section being 20 feet long. All of the 

 sectiohs are alike in construction and arrangement. The 

 front side of each section has two windows of 12 lights of 

 10 x 12 glass, screwed on, upright, 2 feet 8 inches from 

 each end of the room. They are 3 feet above the floor. 

 The space between the windows is 8 feet 10 inches long and 

 the top part of it down from the plate, 33^ feet, is not 

 boarded, ,b,ut left open to be covered by the cloth curtain 

 when necessary. This leaves a tight wall, 3 feet 10 inches high^ 

 extending from the bottom of the opening down to the floor, 

 which prevents the wind from blowing directly on to the 

 birds when they are on the floor. A door is made in this 



