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taking suitable pliotographs; so I had to do the carpenter work and 

 photographing. It is, therefore, the work of an amateur carpenter 

 and not of a skilled artisan. Owing to the considerable amount of 

 editorial and other work that had to be done, there was little time 

 for the house building and it had to be built in odd hours and spare 

 time from other work. 



Eventually this house will have a cement floor, but it was decided 

 to run it through the first winter with an earth floor. jSTo attempt 

 was made to level or grade the land. With a square and line the ■ 



DR. P. T. WOODS' IMPEOVED OPEN-AIR POULTEY HOUSE. 



Fig. 2. — Dimensions of this house are 20x20 ft. sill measurement. This 

 illustration shows the rear studs in position on sills and the rear plate 

 made fast to top of studs. Diagonal straps are. simply braces to steady 

 the frame. Studs are made plumb and then held so by the braces. Studs 

 and plate are 2x3 in. spruce. Eear studs are 4 ft. long and there are 

 five of them. (Photo by Dr. Woods.) 



location of the 20 foundation posts was determined and the holes 

 dug with a post^hole digger. These posts were set 3 feet in the 

 ground and tops were sawed to bring the sills level, with corner of 

 sills at highest point of ground not over an inch above ground level. 

 The ends of the sills were squared and then half sawed to make a 

 tight rabbet joint where sills join. When sills were placed in posi- 



