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are used on the lower end of the frame, made of J4x3- 

 inch redwood. This awning can be used to close the 

 house fairly tight when the cockerel's are first taken out 

 of the brooder houses ; later it is kept half open by prop- 

 ping it. 



The house is divided into five compartments, each 

 9x10 feet. A slide door, 12x18 inches, opens from each 

 compartment into the yards; and 3x6-foot doors, hinged 

 toward the back wall, afford passage into the house and 

 from one compartment to another. We find this arrange- 

 ment preferable to having large doors opening directly 

 into each yard from the several compartments. The out- 

 side door is outside the yard — this avoids opening a gate 

 for entrance to the house. The roosts are of lx2-inch 

 stuff set 8 inches apart, 12 inches above the floor. These 

 roosts are not hinged. They are nailed to 3 cross pieces 

 under which blocks of 2x3-inch stuff are spiked. In clean- 

 ing the house the roosts are tilted back against the wall. 



The yards are each 10x16 feet with a gate in the end 

 of each section. A 10-inch base board is used, above 

 which is an 18-inch strip of 1^-inch wire netting and 

 above this is a 6-foot strip of 2-inch netting. Beyond the 

 sectional yards is a larger yard, about 50x50 feet, for use 

 when cockerels for breeding purposes are matured in the 

 cockerel house. On this yard 6-foot netting of 2-inch 

 mesh is used. Running water is had in each sectional 

 yard, a 4-inch crock being used. 



The frame of the house rests on a concrete wall 6 

 inches high. The floor is of tongue and groove stuff', 

 driven up tight and topnailed. The flooring runs cross- 

 wise of the house, making it easier to clean. 



