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Fig. 215. Side elevation of house on 

 page 142 



Fig. 216. Cloth-curtain-front house de- 

 signed by I). J. Lambert. (Photograph 

 and drawings from Rhode Island Agri- 

 cultural College) 



Description of house, Figs. 211-215. 

 This house is designed for 100 hens 

 in two flocks of 50 each. In winter 

 the flocks may be increased to 60. 

 The designer's object was to bring the 

 roosts together at the middle of the 

 house, use drop curtains in front of 

 the roosts and so keep the birds warm 

 at night, while the large open spaces 

 in the front gave thorough ventilation 

 of the interior apart from the roosting 

 closets. As the reader will note, the de- 

 sign is an adaptation of the scratching- 

 shed plan. In practice it was found 

 that the use of curtains in front of the 

 roosts was unnecessary — that the con- 

 ditions and results were better without 

 them. This is the usual experience 

 when such direct comparisons are 

 made. Mr. Lambert's house stands 

 far from other buildings in a rocky 

 pasture, and the flocks in it are given 

 range on alternate days or half days 

 as convenient. In most situations it 

 would be better to have two large 

 yards, or divide the pasture. 



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Fig. 217. Isometric projection of Fig. 216. East end and rear 



