THE CONSTRUCTION OF POULTRY HOUSES 



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foot boards to the inside of the ends of the boxes, securely- 

 fastening them together at the top and also forming the sup- 

 port for the roof of the house. Next remove the cleat xx from 



Fig. 70. 

 Figs. 74, 75, 76. — Three stages in the construction of a boy and girl's 

 poultry house made from a, piano box. 



the top of the piano boxes, and nail the triangular pieces that 

 were sawed from the 6-foot boards on the outside of those 

 boards at the top so as to make smooth gable ends to the 



Fig. 77. — Diagram showing how to cut boards for the piano-box house. 

 See des9ription in body of text of how to construct the house. 



house (Fig. 75). Finish the floor of the house with a part of 

 one of the backs from the boxes. Then nail a 7-foot cleat on 

 the inside of the rear of the house about 3 feet from the floor 



