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MAKING POULTRY PAY 



inch mesh wire netting. These are closed at night 

 when necessary and on stormy days with a musHn 

 covered frame on hinges which swings open against 

 the side of the building. There are small windows in 

 front of the roosting rooms just under the ridge as 

 shown in Figure 12 and one at each end of thp house. 

 In summer these windows should be removed to permit 

 better ventilation. The entrance doors are four feet 

 from the center and are five by two and one-half feet 

 in size. The nest boxes can be placed under the drop- 



FIG. 13 — INTERIOR VIEW OF D. J. LAMBERT S HOUSE 



ping boards or along the rear or side of the house back 

 ■ of the windows as mav be desired. 



This house was built of second grade inch hemlock 

 boards and second grade spruce timber for sills and 

 studding, the lumber costing about $14 per thousand. 

 The sills are four by four inch and the studding two bv 

 three and two by four inch. The center partition 

 should be absolutely air tight so that there can be no 

 drafts between the two rooms. The roof is covered 

 with roofing paper and the sides and rear with similar 

 material. The building is on an underpinning- of stone 



