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OPEN-AIR POULTRY HOUSES 



Axe. 



Crow bar. 



Post hole digger. 



Eound poiDt shovel. 



While man}' useful tools might be added to the above list, it will 

 make a very handy kit for the beginner. A man handy with tools, 

 and used to working with whatever comes to hand, can get along 

 with considerably less. I used to do my own building with a very 

 small outfit, consisting of a good strong pocket knife, a shingling 

 liatchet, two saws, a screwdriver, crow bar and a round pointed 

 shovel ; and I got along very well. 



Boards. In selecting the materials for house building a consider- 

 able saving can be made on the covering boards if the outside of the 

 bouse is to bo covered with some good roofing felt (heavy roofing 

 with a graveled outer surface preferred). In such case common 



PLATE - 



Detail of eaves of poultry house when 

 flush boarded. Manner of making eaves 

 with double course of shingles is shown ; 

 also method of imtting on the roofing 

 fabric on roof and sides. This makes 

 the tightest joint possible at the eaves 

 and is wind-proof. 



"wormy" box l}oards to be had at from $7 to $9 per thousand 

 will answer very well. They are not quite good enough or heavy 

 enough to shingle over. Common country "bull" or pitch pine 

 boards can be had for from $8 to $12 per thousand, that will 

 hold shingles as long as the nails last, but small nails must be 

 used that will not go through the boards. All of these boards are 

 usually cut in box board mills and run %-inch in thickness. 



Common % or 1-inch hemlock or other covering boards are best 

 for holding shingles and cost more; usually cannot be bad for 

 less than $34 per thousand. 



North Carolina hard pine matched %-incli "roofers" cost me 



