Ghe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
503 
Chas.  Heigl,  Ohio  .  27  187 
Tom  Barron.  England  .  40  e‘M 
Will  HarrOa,  Koghtylif  .  37  5f>0 
J.  t'oUiiiwtii  KngTunil  .  3.7  433 
Mnrsdcii  Cross  I',  l-'avro,  England .  S3  40!) 
BiisUKUI  Poultry  I'unn,  f'a .  42  352 
A.  1’.  Robinson.  New  York .  42  435 
Uiyi-r  Ledge  Fiirtn,  Connect tent .  31  334 
Frank  li.  llutli’oek,  Vermont .  38  472 
Margarets  l’.  Farm.  Ohio  .  23  2(15 
Branford  Farm.  Cimirnei  i<-ut  .  28  258 
Branford  Farm.  Connecticut  .  31  32(1 
W.  li.  Atkinson,  Connecticut .  3(!  332 
Kills  XV.  H,-ii cloy.  Now  York .  30  385 
N.  W.  Ilcmlvyx.  Connecticut .  2f)  213 
Bonnie  Brook  Poultry  Farm.  N.  Y ... .  22  381 
George  Phillips,  Connecticut  .  31  300 
Hampton  institute,  Virginia  .  30  337 
Toth  Bros..  Connecticut  .  10  137 
White  Leghorn  Clnh.  illlliois  .  27  343 
Harry  Williams,  Connecticut  .  30  320 
Oak'-rosi  Farm.  Now  York .  41  333 
Jus.  I<\.  Harrington,  Now  Jersey .  35  401 
Summer  drove  Form,  Ohio  .  17  214 
-  Buff  Leghorns. 
L.  E.  IIeasle.V.  Michigan  .  27  153 
O.  L.  Mngrey,  Connecticut  .  11  140 
Black  Leghorns. 
J.  Collinson,  England  .  35  427 
Bed  Sussex. 
l)r.  13.  K.  Conrad.  New  Jersey .  22  103 
Mottled  Anconas. 
Claude  Clinton.  New  Jersey .  38  404 
Elimvood  Kami,  New  York  .  32  278 
White  Orpingtons. 
Obed  (J.  Knight,  lthoiiV  Island .  43  314 
Oregons. 
Oregon  Age.  College,  Oregon  .  31  440 
Imperial  Progressives. 
Win.  It.  Wells,  ltliode  Island .  34  21S 
Black  Bhinelanders, 
A.  Schwarz,  California  .  4(1  303 
GEO.  A.  COSGROVE. 
Colony  Brooder  House 
Will  you  give  description  of  an  up-to- 
date  colony  brooder  house?  I  am  think¬ 
ing  of  using  a  coal  stove  brooder  and 
and  wotting  the  straw?  If  this  happens 
.jiisl  once,  the  litter  is  spoiled — the  liens 
will  see  that  it  is  well  mixed  with  the 
dry  straw — and  one  cannot  always  be  on 
hand  to  close  curtains,  if  they  are  used. 
Can  you  say  from  Oregon  correspon¬ 
dence,  how  much  of  the  front  is  best  left 
open?  As  I  understand  Mr.  Cosgrove's 
houses,  they  are  of  two  rooms  each,  but 
he  did  not  give  the  size  of  the  scratching 
sht'd.  !>id  the  shed  part  have  a  floor? 
Troutdale,  Ore.  e.  p. 
1-1.  7\  dijd  not  finite  understand  nty  de¬ 
scription  of  the  old  henhouses  on  my 
farm.  The  scratching  sheds  were  sim¬ 
ply  sltnls  between  two  houses,  boarded 
up  at  tbi'  rear  and  wire  screened  in  front. 
At  the  front,  a  wide  board  sloping  out¬ 
ward,  kept  most  rains  from  wetting  the 
inside,  but  I  also  bad  curtains  to  drop 
to  keep  out  driving  storms.  The  size 
of  the  sheds  was  the  same  as  the  house. 
10x10  feet,  but  it  would  lie  better  to 
put  the  houses  farther  apart  ami  make 
the  sheds  10x12  or  lOxlfi. 
E.  P.’s  idea  of  dividing  the  front  above 
the  boarded-up  part,  into  thirds,  one- 
third  boards,  one-third  glass,  one-third 
open,  is  very  good,  but  I  would  prefer 
longer  windows,  letting  them  run  from 
near  the  roof  to  about  a  foot  from  the 
floor.  This  gives  more  sunlight  on  the 
ft  round .  where  the  hens  ought  to  be  in 
the  day  time. 
There  was  no  floor  in  any  of  my  hen¬ 
houses  or  sheds,  but  the  earth.  As  I 
have  frequently  stated,  from  one  to  three 
loads  of  sifted  loam  was  put  in  each 
house  every  Fall,  which  had  the  same  ef¬ 
fect  as  moving  the  houses  to  a  fresh  lo¬ 
cation.  All  litter  was  kept  out  in 
the  scratching  sheds,  so  the  hens  had  the 
whole  floor  for  a  dust  bath.  If  E.  P. 
will  put  up  a  wi.de  board  above  the  open 
20ft. 
End  Elevation  of  Colony  Brooder  House 
would  want  a  house  to  brood  anywhere 
from  100  to  500  chicks.  v.  b.  j. 
Long  Island. 
One  of  the  most,  popular  types  of  stove 
brooder  bouse  is  a  simple  SxlO-foot 
structure  intended  for  250  young  chick¬ 
ens,  or  for  100  chickens  all  Summer.  By 
putting  in  roosts  and  nests,  it.  may  be 
changed  to  a  colony  laying  house  for  a 
dozen  or  more  hens.  You  will  of  course 
need  two  of  these  to  properly  brood  500 
young  chicks.  There  arc  fully  200  uf 
these  houses  on  one  large  poultry  farm 
here,  and  the  type  has  been  copied  by  the 
thousands  throughout  b;t  If  a  dozen 
States.  It  may  be  bui.lt  from  the  cud 
drawing  and  lumber  list  herewith.  In 
the  front,  and  of  course  not  shown,  in 
tin*  drawing,  is  a  six-light  window  sash 
not  movable,  and  just  above  it.  a  threo- 
light.  sash  movable.  Some  also  put  a 
sash  in  the  end,  or  in  the  duor  which  is 
also  on  the  front.  The  door  is  two  feet, 
eight  inches,  by  five  feet,  1H  inches.  This 
house  needs  lumber  equivalent  to  a  liltle 
over  TOO  feet  board  measure.  Includ¬ 
ing  everything,  the  structure  costs  about 
$35.  It  may  be  cheapened  somewhat  if 
one  can  get  second-hand  doors,  windows 
or  other  material. 
For  sills  lake  two  pieces  of  2x5  in. 
stuff  10  feet  long.  For  frame,  four  pieces 
of  2x3  in.,  5  ft.  0  i.n.  long,  two  pieces  of 
same  5  ft.,  7  in.  long,  two  pieces  0  ft..  8 
in.,  two  pieces  0  ft..  4  in.  long,  and  two 
pieces  7  ft.  0  in.  long.  For  brace  us:* 
two  pieces  of  2x3  in.,  X  ft.  long.  The 
] dates  are  also  of  2x3  stuff  and  take 
three  pieces,  each  8  ft,  long.  T’se  live 
more  pieces  of  the  same,  cut  12  feet  long, 
for  rafters,  ami  four  more,  8  ft.  long,  for 
perches.  The  ends  of  the  floor  limb, ms 
appear  in  the  drawing:  they  are  2x4  in. 
timbers,  8  ft.  long  and  two  more  5)  ft. 
The  floor  hoards  arc  0  ft.,  the  roofing  8 
ft.  (i  in.  These  and  the  boarding-  of  the 
front,  rear  and  sides  are  of  7-8  in.  match¬ 
ed  stuff.  The  building  is  pinc-finishcil 
5x7-8  in.  The  skids  shown  below  the 
floor  timbers  are  12  feet  long  and  made 
of  2x4  in.  lumber  rounded  at  the  etuis. 
The  floor  is  double.  Several  manufac¬ 
turers  of  brooders  supply  customers  with 
plans  of  brooder  houses,  on  application. 
G.  1?.  F. 
Henhouse  Constiuction 
We  like  the  semi-monitor  type  of 
henhouse  because  it  lets  the  sunshine  into 
the  roosts.  Of  how  great  importance  is 
this?  M.  B.  D.  seems  to  favor  the  shed 
roof.  Setting  aside  the  matter  of  sun¬ 
light,  how  arc  hard  south  rains  and 
blowing  snow  to  be  kept  front  coming  in 
part  of  the  house,  it  will  keep  out  all 
but  the  most  driving  rains,  and  not  in¬ 
terfere  with  the  admission  of  air.  Plenty 
of  sunshine  is  the  most  important  thing 
tu  havt  in  a  henhouse;  it  warms  and 
dries  the  litter,  it  is  fatal  to  m<  st  dis¬ 
ease  germs,  and  if  contributes  more  than 
anything  else  to  the  comfort  and  content¬ 
ment  of  the  fowls.  8o  the  shed-roof 
house,  highest  in  front,  which  lets  sun¬ 
shine  dear  t<>  the  back,  is  as  a  rule  the 
best  style  of  house. 
In  England  t hoy  have  comparatively 
little  sunshine,  so  they  put  windows  in 
the  roof  to  get  all  they  eau  of  it.  Tom 
Barron's-  large  houses  have  windows  in 
both  sides  of  the  roof,  its  well  ns  in  the 
sides.  There  should  always  be  windows 
on  the  east  side  of  the  house,  After  the 
cold  night,  the  early  morning  sun  is  a 
delight  and  is  needed  far  more  than  later 
in  the  day  when  if.  comes  i,n  the  south 
side  of  the  house.  If  you  raise  chicles 
with  hens,  set  your  rotr  of  little,  house* 
ul tcaps  faciiii/  the  cast,  not  the  south. 
I  cannot  emphasize  this  too  strongly. 
GEO.  A.  COSGROVE. 
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