TYPES OF MODERN HOUSING 



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is unusually deep (24 feet), and its 64 feet of length is 

 divided by solid partitions into four sections, 16 feet 

 each. It is 5 feet in height at the front, and one foot 

 higher at the rear, the peak of the roof being one third 

 the distance from the back, and 10-^ feet above the 

 floor. The ground, in this case, sloping toward the 

 north, a scratching room is provided below the main 



Rjost Platform and Nests, West Virginia Station. 

 Two Platforms 



Between the Nests are 



room, reached by a trap. This has a dirt floor. 

 The nest boxes, as will be seen from the cut, are 

 placed between two board platforms, with a hinge door 

 in front for easy access, and a ladder for the hens to 

 reach the nest platform. A house like this necessitates 

 strict watch for mites, which choose the neighborhood 

 of the roosts, as their chief haunt. 



For ventilation during the summer heat, two doors 



