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FIRST LESSONS IN POULTRY KEEPING. 



lour houses which 1 have, the root boards are nearly two inches apart. The eight inch jet is at 

 <;ourse unnecessary, but I think it adds considerable to the appearance. 



For light there are two windows with double sashes, each sash having two 12 x 16 inch panes 

 One or both ot these windows is opened a part of each day, the time determined by the tem 

 perature and condition of the weather. The floor of each pen is sand and gravel. 



Materials' and Labor. 



Fkame. 



e-iia I 2 pieces 3 x 4 in. 12 ft. long, 24 >q. ft. 



* '• I 1 piece 3 X 4 in. l(i ft. Ions, 10 s.q. ft. 



3 pieces 2 x 3 in. 10 ft. long, 24 >rj. ft. 



10 pieces 2 x 3 in. 12 ft. long, 96 sq. ft. 



$22.50 per M., 



Boards, eic. 



ICO sq. ft. 



?3 60 



154 sq. ft. root board.s, 14 ft. long, ® $20 per Ji., 

 192 pq. ft. liarn l)oards, 16 ft. long, ® $30 per M., 

 168 sq. ft. barn boards, 12 ft. long, 



9 pieces square edge pine, 4 in. wide, 12 ft. long, ® $30per M., 



3 pieces square edge pine, 4 in. wide, 14 ft. long, 

 1250 shingles, ® $4 per M., 



2 windows, 



Nail-i, hinges, thumb latch, etc., 



Laljor, 



Total, 



$34 tjS 



In this plan we get away, a little, from the severely plain and simple construction of the 

 other plans given, and get a build- 

 ing somewhat more sightly, a 

 point which sometimes has to 

 tie considered if a poultry liouse 

 is so placed with reference toother 

 Iniildings that an extremely plain 

 one would mar the general effect. 



The one point which seems to 

 me especially to call for criticism 

 i.s the leaving a space between 

 the sheathing on the roof. Most 

 ot my houses are built that way, 

 tiut I would not build another 

 without iaying the root sheathing 

 close. The Increase ot cost is 

 comparatively trifling, and the 

 gain in looks, and s smooth sur- 

 face to whitewash is considerable. 



As with some ot the other 

 plans given, the capacity ot this 

 house is rated rather high. 

 Twenty-live hens may lie kept 

 in it in winter, but twenty is 

 rearer right, and the latter 

 number is the safer one to use. 



JJiuy/ams Showing Oroimd P/an and 



