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Details of Consti'uction of House for a Dozen Fowls. 



A— Bltl plan, witU position of corner boards indicaLed at cccc, d ddd. E— construction of a corner. B— side. 

 C — front. D— metliod ol cutting pattern for rafters. 



correct, and you eaw straight. You may if you prefer make a pattern of inch or lighter stuff. 

 In either case having made the pattern from the upper x to one y, try it to the other one and 

 maliesure that you are right before you cut all your rafters. 



It the builder of such a small house has an assistant when putting up the rafters it is easy. If 

 he is working alone it is a good plan to nail the rafters together at the apex, and put a short brace 

 across them near the apex, while on the ground, then put the pair in position together and nail 

 the lower ends to the plates. 



The stringer m m indicated by the dotted lines in C may now be put in position. Next put 

 in the studs j j which make the door frame sides and the cross piece i at the top. Cut the ends 

 of j j to fit sill and rafters, and let the face of the studs come flush with the face of sill and 

 rafters. In my house the studs are each 1 ft. from the center of the end, and the door is 

 5 ft. 7 in. high. 



The "frame" of the building is now complete. 



Before nailing the rest of the boards on the sides, put the lowest board on each side 

 of the roof, letting them project 2 in. beyond the boards c c on the sides, and the ends come 

 flush with the faces of the boards d d on the ends. If you do this you put the boards on 

 the sides snug up against the roof projection, and there is no fitting to be done as there might 

 be if the side boards were all put on first. If you neglected to have the ends of the side 

 boards lower than the upper edge of the plate, you will find that they prevent the first roof 

 board from going into the position you want it in, flat on the rafters and projecting 2 in. 

 beyond the side. 



It makes no difference whether the rest of the roof is put on before the sides and ends or 

 after. Leave joints about half an inch wide between the boards on both sides (and ends) 

 and roof if you wish. If the boards happen to be of such width that wider joints will suit 

 better, they may be as much as an inch wide on the front, or wherever they are to be 



