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TYPES OF MODERN HOUSING 



A Common Type — The Preferred Lumber — Lengthening 

 the Life of Materials — A West Virginia Experiment 

 Station House — A Deep, Shed House, Colony Type — A 

 Broad Construction Principle — Shelters for Hot and 

 Cold Climates — Layers in Weaning Coops 



It is deemed far from desirable to give a long disser- 

 tation on building and many plans, when there are several 

 hand books at twenty-five andfifty cents each, and bulletins 

 from the states interested in poultry, treating this subject 

 at more or less length, and in full detail. Two or three 

 plans which have been used, and which show modern 

 tendencies in poultry housing, will be all that any poul- 

 tryman will need. 



A very common and satisfactory type of house, espe- 

 cially in New England, is nothing more than a double, 

 equal pitch shell, ended toward the south, and having 

 this south end open, or screened with wire or net, inside 

 of which is a curtain. This is dropped only when the 

 ovv^ner thinks it necessary ; the less the better, as a 

 rule. This curtain may be on nice, shipshape frames, 

 hinged, and opening inward and upward, or may slide to 

 the right or left on rings and wire, or it may roll up on 

 a light pole run into a wide hem at the bottom, as the 

 poultryman pleases. 



The dimensions, lo feet x i6 feet, use lumber to 

 good advantage, and a house of this size costs less in 

 proportion than a smaller one. If built permanently, 

 this is a good size. If you like to have a movable house, 



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