FIUST LE.VSONfi IN FOULTRY KEEPiyd. 



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The materiul used in building tbis bouse Is as follows: — 

 5 sticks, 2 X 4 — lo f u Iouk tor slrinirers. 

 15 8ticl£8, 2x4 — 12 It, long for roof, front and liack uprigbts. 

 450 feet hemloeli Ijoards. 



1 roll Neponset red roof paper. 



2 sash, 34 X 4 ft. 



3 pair strap hinges for door and windows. 



2 pair hinges and eyes for ; oosts and droppings board. 

 5 hoolis for door, windows, roosts, droppings board. 

 1 bundle latbs for cleats for roof. 

 The price for material differs so much in different localities that I will not give prices, 

 .his house, with lumljer at $18 per 1,000 ft., should and can be built for less than $25. 



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As In the case of Mr. Pattison's house, we' 

 have here a plan in which the dimension* 

 minimize what I call faults in the st) le of the 

 house. In a house with the front only 4 ft, 

 high, the sun does not get into the hou^e as it. 

 does with higher windows, while the whole 

 roof and front being exposed to the south, sucb 

 a house, unless very carefully ventilated, warms 

 up too much during the middle of the day, and 

 cools too quickly after the sun goes down. 



Though I would not recommend this style of 

 roof for a house built where any style of roof 

 might be used, there are times when it is the best 

 style — as when a poultry house is to be built as a 

 lean-to beside another building. 



In a house of this style and dimensions, I 



think it would be found an advantage to put 



windows in the ends as well as in the front. 



. Q The light would be better, and the ventilation 



■§ ^ through the windows could be better workeJ 



'S.'o' to offset the faults of this style of roof. 



51 ., The roosting arrangement is one that will 



appeal to manv. 



A Neat House With Labor Cost 

 Given. 



A. T. Grosveiior, Abington, Conn. 



Last year I wintered three pens of hens in 

 houses constructed similar to the accompanying 

 plan. This plan, however, in order to accommo- 

 date twenty-five hens, is two feet longer and 

 one foot wider than the plan of the house now in 

 use. The pitch of the roof on each house is the 

 same, consequently the larger building is some- 

 what higher. 



In regard to the construction, the sills are 3x4 

 in. pieces, while the posts, plates, rafters, etc., 

 are all 2x3 in. The frame is covered with 

 ploughed and matched pine, or barn boards 

 only. The roof is shingled, with no attempt to 

 have the roof boards lit closely ; in fact, on the 



