a wire netting on the inside to protect the glass should the fowls attempt 

 to fly through the window. Each apartment is also covered with a muslin- 

 covered frame 10 feet by 3 feet 4 inches, that can be raised or lowered as 

 required. The bottom of the opening is 3 feet 4 inches from the floor. As 

 all openings come nearly to the top of the roof, they will provide for the 

 escape of warm and foul air in hot weather. 



SCRATCHING SHED— You will note that this house is a scratching 

 shed over the whole area, as all roosts and fixtures are raised from the 

 floor on platforms, leaving a clear space for the litter in which the fowls 

 exercise. 



THE DOUBLE-DECKED HOUSE 



The next house that we illustrate seems, at first glance, to be a small 

 affair, but it is really a case of making the most of a given space, and will 

 accommodate forty fowls in each pen, or eighty for the double house, at a 

 cost that should not exceed fifty cents per hen for building. There are a 

 great many features of this house that will appeal to the practical poultryman 



and it would be wise to investi- 

 gate its merits before fully de- 

 ciding upon your method of 

 building. 



This is really a two-story 

 house, having its scratching 

 shed on the lower floor. If 

 you will take the measurements 

 from the bottom of the door 

 to the roof, you will notice that 

 the full height of the ordinary 

 house is provided for upon the 

 upper floor, 7 feet in front and 

 5 feet at back. One difficulty 

 of a scratching shed is the fact 

 Illustration No. 12. that a fowl always scratches 



The Double-decked Poultry House. with its head to the light, SO 



that the litter will always be found piled up in the darkest corner where it 

 is the hardest to get at. The utility of this form is that the rooms are en- 

 tirely independent, and there' is nothing to prevent having tight windows at 

 opposite points on the lower floor. The temperature is not such an im- 

 portant part as upon the upper floor. The lower compartment also pro- 

 vides an ideal place for a dust bath, thus avoiding dust in the roosting and 

 living quarters. There is no reason why the upper floor should not also 

 be used as a scratching floor, which will allow more square feet per fowl 

 than is usually provided for. 



This house is much used in the west; it admits of all modern improve- 

 ments and conveniences, and we can see no reason why it should not become 

 popular in any location and climate. Besides all this, the house is really 

 much handsomer than the usual squatty, shed-like structure, is a saving in 

 labor and money, and is of compact cheap construction. 



The elevation of the house as shown in illustration No. 12 is ten feet 

 at front and eight feet at back, but it can easily be made higher if more 

 height is desired on the lower floor. It is ten feet deep by twenty-four 

 feet long, providing two rooms (upper and lower) to each pen 10x12 feet, 

 making 480 square feet of floor space under a ro^ one-half the size usually 

 necessary for the same accommodation. There is a labor saving in cleaning 

 and the house can be extended by as many pens as may be desired. 



The origmal idea of this house was to have a dirt floor on the lower 



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