. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 202 Bulletin 274. is saved by bringing two together. Supposing the buildings to be 15 feet wide and 6 feet high on the sides, with a Yz pitch gable roof, the lumber saved would amount to 127^ square feet for one house, equal to 2,040 square feet for 16 houses. If the houses were double-boarded it would require 4,080 feet, besides other materials and
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 202 Bulletin 274. is saved by bringing two together. Supposing the buildings to be 15 feet wide and 6 feet high on the sides, with a Yz pitch gable roof, the lumber saved would amount to 127^ square feet for one house, equal to 2,040 square feet for 16 houses. If the houses were double-boarded it would require 4,080 feet, besides other materials and cost of labor for building. The colony houses are much colder, other things being equal, and are more exposed to the wind. The larger the house, the less will be its cost per fowl capacity, and the less labor will be required in caring for the fowls. The height of the house A lozv house is easier to warm than a high one. The best way to make a poultry house warm is to build it as low as possible without danger ^r\. Fig. 35.—Gable roof house with straw loft of bumping the head. There will then be ample air space for as many fowls as the floor space will accommodate. Too much air space makes a house cold. It cannot be warmed by the heat given oflf by the fowls. Moreover, walls radiate heat rapidly, thus cooling the air in the house. With the house seen in Fig. 35, which is 15x15x6 feet to the plate, there would be 1,912 cubic feet of air space, which, with 40 fowls weigh- ing 5 pounds each, would allow cubic feet to each pound live weight. This is eight times greater than is recommended for each pound live. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. [Ithaca, N. Y. ?]
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