Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . should, even at noon, reach allthe ground under the shed. If such a house as we haveindicated, be built against a hillside, somewhat sunkenperhaps ; and earth banked up against the sides, exceptwhere windows come, will add greatly to its warmth. CONVENIENT AND CHEAP POULTRY HOUSE. Those who need a cheap building, and can do th©greater part of the work themselves, will find the followingplan excellent. The center of the building (see fig. 5),is 10x10 feet, and is six feet to the eaves. The wings areeach 8x6x4 fe
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . should, even at noon, reach allthe ground under the shed. If such a house as we haveindicated, be built against a hillside, somewhat sunkenperhaps ; and earth banked up against the sides, exceptwhere windows come, will add greatly to its warmth. CONVENIENT AND CHEAP POULTRY HOUSE. Those who need a cheap building, and can do th©greater part of the work themselves, will find the followingplan excellent. The center of the building (see fig. 5),is 10x10 feet, and is six feet to the eaves. The wings areeach 8x6x4 feet. Either of the three parts may be builtfirst, and the others may be added from time to posts are used in building it. The sills, 3x4 inches,and 10 feet long, and are mortised and put together inplace; the plates, 3x4 inches, and 10 feet long, are put COXVEI^IEirr AND GOOD POULTRY HOUSES. 19 on the sills ; then eight boards are cut six feet long, fouro± them with the angle at the top to correspond with thepitch of the roof. These are nailed to the sills, and ^^ J ^u. FRONTFig. 5.—GROUND PLAN OF POULTRY HOUSE. uhose in front and back nailed to the edges of those onthe ends. Then four sticks are cut each five feet sixinches long, the plate is raised up, a stick put under i^
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