FOR ALL CLIMATES 



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and location of drop boards and roosts. Tliere are four roosts 

 about 8 inches above the drop boards on eacli side of middle parti- 

 tion. Drop boards are about 21/2 feet above the floor. As shown 

 in the plan, there is a solid matched board partition in the middle 

 of each pen extending from floor to roof and from rear wall to 

 within 6 feet of the open front of the building. This partition 

 helps prevent interference of male birds and also prevents all 

 drafts about the roosts even when the house is run wide open in 

 very windy weather. The flocks divide up nicely at night and do 

 not show any tendency to crowd on one side. The 6 feet in front 

 of the partition is always open. Houses are set on a stone and 

 concrete foundation. Sand on floors to level of sills is preferred 

 to straw litter. Mr. Gillette furnished the following bill of Jum- 



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Fig. 18. FroTit elevation and curtain detail Gillette open-air poultry 

 house. Wire front, 3%x9 feet, always open; "<>, c" poultry slides; 

 "d, d" movable boards to keep litter or sand out of doorway. 



for 



ber for this house and stated that the house complete, including all 



hired labor and stone and concrete foundation, can be built for 



$100. 



Material Required for Gillette House. 



2 pieces 4x4, 12 feet long, for corner posts. 



5 pieces 2x4, 20 feet long, for plates and one collar beam 

 center. 



4 pieces 4x6, 20 feet long, for sills. 



4 pieces 2x3, 20 feet long, for roosts. 



4 pieces 2x3, 20 feet long, for girds. 



7 pieces 2x4, 12 feet long, for studs. 



22 pieces 2x4, 12 feet long, for rafters. 



