. Barn plans and outbuildings . Fig. 315—HAT HOUSE ilg. 31(5—KEG HOUSE 1 i 317 -LAiion large enough for the bird, and a water-tight roof. Thereare so very many ways in which these may be providedany boy can contrive to make all the bird houses thatmay be needed. An old hat, with a hole for a door,tacked by the rim against a shed, as in Figure 315, will beoccupied by birds sooner than a showy bird house. 316 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS Figure 316 shows how six kegs may be placed together torest upon a pole; the kegs are fastened to the boards byscrews inserted from beneath. Figure 317 shows how
. Barn plans and outbuildings . Fig. 315—HAT HOUSE ilg. 31(5—KEG HOUSE 1 i 317 -LAiion large enough for the bird, and a water-tight roof. Thereare so very many ways in which these may be providedany boy can contrive to make all the bird houses thatmay be needed. An old hat, with a hole for a door,tacked by the rim against a shed, as in Figure 315, will beoccupied by birds sooner than a showy bird house. 316 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS Figure 316 shows how six kegs may be placed together torest upon a pole; the kegs are fastened to the boards byscrews inserted from beneath. Figure 317 shows how atwo-story house may be made separate from two shallowboxes, each divided into four tenements. Each box hasa bottom board, projecting two inches all around, toanswer as a landing place. The roof should be tight andthe whole so strongly nailed that it will not warp. Itshould be well Fig. 318—FRAMEWORK OP BIRD HOUSE The foundation of the house shown in Figure 318 is•xny convenient sized box, such as may be had at thestores. A piece is nailed to each end, cut to the slopeit is desired to have the roof. As the roof is to bethatched, it had better be pretty steep; it will not onlyshed the rain the more readily, but the house will lookbetter. The upper end of the pole which is to supportthe house is made square; it passes through a hole inthe bottom of the box and extends far enough above theridge of the roof to form the chimney. A ridge pole is BIRD AND PIGEON HOUSE 317 then passed through the upright pole and the end pieces,as shown in the figure. Places for the windows are to becut out, but the door may be only a dummy, and paintedblack. Small branches of any straight, easy-splittingwood are to be cut of the proper lengths and splitlengthwise. These, with the bark on, are fastened bysmall nails all over the exterior of the house, as shown inFigure 319, which gi
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