Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . Fig. 14. Sproule of Pennsylvania, and a view of it is given in figurefl4. It is of wood, and as will be seen, is mounted upon anaxle and a pair of wheels. By means of a pair of levers,raised to the position shown by uhe dotted lines, thehouse is lifted, and made to rest wholly upon the wheels,^80 that it can be moved from place to place as 15 shows the ground plan, with the boxes forfeed, water, and gravel. These are secured to the sillsand are kept clean by a sloping cover of small rodp. Thehous
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . Fig. 14. Sproule of Pennsylvania, and a view of it is given in figurefl4. It is of wood, and as will be seen, is mounted upon anaxle and a pair of wheels. By means of a pair of levers,raised to the position shown by uhe dotted lines, thehouse is lifted, and made to rest wholly upon the wheels,^80 that it can be moved from place to place as 15 shows the ground plan, with the boxes forfeed, water, and gravel. These are secured to the sillsand are kept clean by a sloping cover of small rodp. Thehouse is 10 feet long by 5 feet wide, and as high as may SPECIAL PURPOSE POULTRY HOUSES. 29 be necessary. The nest boxes, 16 inches square and 4inclies deep, are secured to the upper corners of the en-closure, a small door being provided for reaching theeggs. The roosting poles are so arranged that the fowlscan easily climb from one to the other. The enclosure is 13 3 J S. Fig. 15. made of oak rods and rails which are bored to receivethe rods. Any cheaper method of construction may beused. The size of the house may be 5x10, or 4x8 feet, and 5feet high to the eaves. The sills are made of ljx3 inch 30 PROFITS IN POULTRY. stuff, laifl flat down, halved together at the corners, smdnails driven through upward into the ends of the postsThe corner posts are 3x3 inches, the middle ones art3x4 inches. Each is properly mortised to receive therails of the open sections. A light cornice, or a 2J-inchband, is secure!} nailed around the top, a little nbovethe eaves, leaving sufficient room for the roof boards topass under between the band and ihe upper rail. Tothe back side of this band is nailed the balustrade, eachpiece having its ends toe-nailed to the po ts. A lightridge pole is attached at each end to the balustrade nearthe top, which forms a double-pitch flat roof. This ismade of one thickness of f-inch boards, the same as theenclosed sides. 1he upper section a
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