. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. a8 PO UL TR r- CRAFT. the roofs covered several inches deep with earth. Fig. 6 shows a single house often used with the colony plan. It is usually built without windows, the south front of the shed being always open, and the door between shed and roosting room being closed only in severe weather. Sometimes ;i slat door is hung inside to admit air, while keeping out night prowlers. The diagram is for a house 8 x i6 ft. on the ground, the floor space equally divided for the close room and the open % ^_^ Fig. 7. Two-Pen Poultry
. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. a8 PO UL TR r- CRAFT. the roofs covered several inches deep with earth. Fig. 6 shows a single house often used with the colony plan. It is usually built without windows, the south front of the shed being always open, and the door between shed and roosting room being closed only in severe weather. Sometimes ;i slat door is hung inside to admit air, while keeping out night prowlers. The diagram is for a house 8 x i6 ft. on the ground, the floor space equally divided for the close room and the open % ^_^ Fig. 7. Two-Pen Poultry House. PP, droppings boards; r r, roosts; NN, nests; DD, large doors; dd, small doors; ww,win- dows; W, water dish; gg, grit box; s, screen door; FF, fences. 32. A Two-Pen Poultry House. —Fig. 7 shows a small double poultry house, with yards at sides and to the rear of the house. The ground height, at eaves, 6 ft. ; at apex, 8 ft. It has dimensions are 10 x 16 ft shingled roof. The sides are of rough lumber covered with lapped siding Materials. Dimension lumber:— 2 pieces 2x4 scantling 16 ft. long — for sills; 2 pieces 2x4 scantling 10 ft. long — for sills; 3 pieces 2x3 scantling 16 ft. long—for plates and studs; 14 pieces 2x3 scantling 12 ft. long — for rafters, studs, etc.; I piece 2x3 scantling 14ft. long — for studs: 163 sq. ft. 16 ft. sheathing 500 sq. ft. Siding 220 sq. ft. 6 12-inch boards 16 ft. long, dressed on one side, for cornice, casings, etc. 2 thousand shingles; 50 laths; 2 4-panel doors; 2 screen doors; 4 sash 6-light 10 x 14 glass ; building paper to cover 500 sq. ft.; 2 pr. loose pin butt hinges ; i pr. 6 in. T hinges; I lock; I bolt; nails, screws, etc. From this bill of lumber enough will be left, after finishing exterior, for inside partition, roosts, droppings boards, ne,sts, dust Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of th
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