. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... -CROSS SECTIONOF WALL NESTS nches 6 lin. feet nches 6 feet /. nches 6 lin feet nches 6 lin. feet nches 12 lin. feet 1 nches 7 lin feet nches 6 lin feet inclies 10 lin. feet Cl 188—NESTS MADE FROM ORANGE BOXES hens, but for Leghorns they are quite satisfactory. If at-tached to the wall or partition by means of a couple ofhooks and eyes, as shown in the illustration, they will re-quire no other support and can be taken out for cleaningwith the slightest possible trouble. Wall NestsA good type of nest is shown in Figs. 185 a
. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... -CROSS SECTIONOF WALL NESTS nches 6 lin. feet nches 6 feet /. nches 6 lin feet nches 6 lin. feet nches 12 lin. feet 1 nches 7 lin feet nches 6 lin feet inclies 10 lin. feet Cl 188—NESTS MADE FROM ORANGE BOXES hens, but for Leghorns they are quite satisfactory. If at-tached to the wall or partition by means of a couple ofhooks and eyes, as shown in the illustration, they will re-quire no other support and can be taken out for cleaningwith the slightest possible trouble. Wall NestsA good type of nest is shown in Figs. 185 and 187. Theconstruction is easily understood from these will be noticed that the bottom board in front of eachset of nests is hinged at the top so that it may be raisedup and the nests conveniently cleaned without movingthem. These boards are held in place by means of smallscrew hooks and eyes. Fig. 184 shows a set of 18 wallnests arranged in three tiers, but for ordinary use eightnests in two tiers are as many as it is advisable to buildtogether. For such a set the following lumber is re-quired: BILL OF MATERIALS FOR EIGHT W.\LL .\ESTS Top hoards %xlO inches 9 ft. 2 in. lin. ft. Back Boards %xlO inches 15 ft. 0 in. lin.
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