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OPEN-AIR POULTRY HOUSES 



east side is 2x3-inch stock 7 feet long and is placed 3 feet from 

 middle stud; 3 foot strap is placed between studs at 6 feet from 

 sill and forms top of door frame. Strap 8 feet 3 inches long is 

 placed between door and rear stud to nail to in boarding east side. 

 West side has stud 6 feet long 5 feet 8 inches from middle stud, 

 with two straps for top and bottow of window frame 5 feet 8 

 inches long between it and middle stud and one strap 5 feet 7 

 inches long between it and rear stud. All straps are 2x3-inch 



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



Tig. 5. — Front view of frame before boarding in. Frame is complete 

 except for straps below windows for monitor top. Nine front studs 

 (2x3 in. stock 3 ft. 4% in. long) are shown in position; also front plate 

 (2x3 in. stock 20 ft. long) and eight front rafters (2x4 in. stock 8 ft. 6 

 in. long), are^shown in position. Diagonal braces are left in place until 

 boarding in stiffens the building. (Photo by Dr. Woods.) 



spruce. Fig. 4 shows rear view of framing here described viewed 

 from northeast. 



Front frame was built next. First nine studs each 2x3-inch 

 spruce 3 feet 4i/i> inches long were placed in position, as shown in 

 Fig. 5, and front plate was spiked to top of each. Eight rafters 

 were then prepared of 2x4-inch spruce 8i/> feet long and notched 

 to fit plates and spiked in place. A "T" plate of 2x3-inch stuff 



