86 The Hen at Work 



they stand exactly flush with the edges of the sills. 

 For a building this size it is satisfactory to nail 

 these in place by driving four- or five-inch nails 

 through their lower edges, obliquely into the floor. 

 After the cross pieces are in place, there will be 

 no more strain at this point. These uprights 

 should be cut four inches down from the top, on the 

 front side, for the front top piece, and the rear for 

 the back top piece, and a piece four inches long by 

 two wide should be cut out. 



Two uprights at the rear, five feet high, will 

 allow for sufficient roof pitch, and room for roosts. 

 These uprights should have their narrow two-inch 

 edges facing the front and back. 



Now two pieces of two-by-four should be placed 

 at the top of the front pair and the back pair of 

 uprights, each being twelve feet long, the length of 

 the sills. Then the long cross pieces may be 

 seated flush with the front and rear of the uprights, 

 so the waU-boards will fit tight all around. When 

 the cross pieces are set in place a nail will hold them 

 snug against the uprights. 



The ten-foot top cross pieces going from front 

 to back need no cuts made for them. A small block 

 nailed to the upright, four inches from the top, will 



