1911. 
399 
THAT WEST VIRGINIA POULTRY PLANT. 
I would like to know more about con¬ 
struction of the poultry houses referred to 
on page 153. a. d. 
Our building is 345 feet long divided 
into 23 compartments by two-inch mesh 
poultry wire. The rooms are 15x15 feet 
square, six feet six inches to bottom 
of upper joist which are 2x8 inches. On 
account of the unevenness of the ground 
the building is three feet off the surface 
at places while at others it is not more 
than 10 inches. As soon as the sills 
were laid and the joists put on we be¬ 
gan to fortify against rats by nailing 
boards against sills between joists to 
leave no room for rats to stand. We 
laid both floors with rough oak boards, 
lower floor was then covered with two- 
ply tar paper, with seven-eightlis-inch 
tongucd and grooved dressed lumber. 
Upper floor was covered with building- 
paper with three-eighths-inch hoards on 
top of it. Upper floor for two feet from 
front edge was laid with matched floor¬ 
ing where grain bin was made. This 
bin is 345 feet long and cut up with 
plank partitions, four bins to the room. 
Of course the 2x4 inch studding were 
put up as soon as the lower joists were 
placed. In the diagram below F shows 
the weather-boarding, one-half by six- 
inch stuff. The space four inches wide 
and about two feet from studding to 
studding is used as a chute to carry 
grain down from bin H onto floor of 
chute C between studding. This floor 
is run out and forms a hopper at B 
(dotted line is grain running down), 
which has a lid on hinges. This little 
bin is eight inches wide from studding, 
eight inches deep at front and six 
inches deep at back. Plank F are let 
run down lower than front or in put¬ 
ting corn or wheat in above it will raise 
lid and run out. D is plank to carry 
grain over between studding. F is plank 
and holds it in there. In every room 
we let the ground feed (or mash) run 
down through hole at C to floor at G, 
which is set in between studding and let 
project out to A, about 3inches, and 
a hopper made so as to hold ground 
dry mash and let the hens help them¬ 
selves. On second floor at H the bin 
is 18 inches high and ceiled up on in¬ 
side of studding so as to hold a heavy 
load off weather boardings. Down the 
chute there is building paper under 
the weather hoarding with )4x6 to pro¬ 
tect paper from grain. The sides of this 
building have building paper under 
weatherboarding and under plank that 
are against studding on inside, or in 
other words, building paper on both 
sides of studding and filled in between 
papers with sawdust and tamped down 
fairly tight. There are two bins be¬ 
tween each window on the front and 
two windows, whole sash 10x12 glass on 
hinges, to each room, with two-inch 
mesh wire over glass on inside and one- 
inch mesh wire over one window frame 
outside. Doors between rooms all swing 
both ways except every third room, 
which has a solid hoard partition to 
THE RURAb 
check drafts. Droppings boards are 
close to back wall, suspended on wire, 
as are roosts, 10 inches above droppings 
board. A pipe line runs over front 
edge of droppings board just under 
joists with a down pipe for spigot in 
each room where we get all the fresh 
water we want and good for man or 
hen. 
Our house upstairs is seven feet front 
and four feet back. Were I building 
again I would make it eight feet front 
and five feet hack. Our bins have a car 
running over them on a track 18 inches 
wide made of 2x2-inch oak, one rail on 
edge of bin. The car is 16 inches long, 
divided into six compartments, each 
holding two bushels, with sliding bot¬ 
tom which makes unloading easy. On 
the back side of upper floor we have a 
continuous bin where we keep dry earth 
to go down through chutes to drop¬ 
pings board by pulling a slide. With a 
small hand scoop we spread it a little 
and the hens do the rest. Our mill ad¬ 
joins at one end of poultry building by 
a small porch which is 6x6 feet. The 
mill is 20x30 feet with two stories. Bins 
on first floor are set off from wall about 
12 inches. On second floor they go to 
the studding, hut no flooring between 
studding to let a mouse or rat sit or 
stand on, so they have to be in sight 
in this mill. Adjoining mill is our corn 
crib between which we stand our 15 
horsepower engine. Machinery is on 
first floor of mill, with elevators to 
carry ground mash up to car on second 
floor. a. r. m’neill. 
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“Oh, thundering guns!” exclaimed the 
grocer, his tone changed and his face 
drawn in a pucker. “Why, you blamed 
idiot, I board at that woman’s house!”—‘ 
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