. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... solid, with the exception of the smallventilator in the end near the peak, as seen in the northend above the door and just below the peak. The housewas painted red and trimmed in white, giving it a neatappearance. To construct an incubator house like the one illus-trated in Fig. 158, the following bill of lumber is required: 3 pieces 4x4-inch, 20 feet long-, for sills. 2 pieces. 2x4-inch, 20 feet long for pieces 2x4-inch, 16 feet long for floor pieces 2x4-inch, 9 feet long for pieces 2x4-inch, 16 f
. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... solid, with the exception of the smallventilator in the end near the peak, as seen in the northend above the door and just below the peak. The housewas painted red and trimmed in white, giving it a neatappearance. To construct an incubator house like the one illus-trated in Fig. 158, the following bill of lumber is required: 3 pieces 4x4-inch, 20 feet long-, for sills. 2 pieces. 2x4-inch, 20 feet long for pieces 2x4-inch, 16 feet long for floor pieces 2x4-inch, 9 feet long for pieces 2x4-inch, 16 feet long for ceiling pieces 2x4-inch, 12 feet long for board feet of matched siding. 600 board feet of lx6-inch sheathing (also used for cornerboards and other finish lumber.) 4 M cedar shingles. 320 board feet of matched board feet of matched ceiling. 1 door 2 ft. 8 in. X 6 ft. 8 in. 4 window sashes 12xl6-inch. construct the inner hatching room: 22 pieces 2x3-inch, 9 feet board feet of matched 158—FLOOR OF ABOVE-GROUND INCUBATOR HOUSEReproduced from Bui. 4, West. Washington Exp. Station. The building is constructed on the ground, with awooden floor (concrete is recommended), and stands oncedar blocks resting on flat rocks projecting above thesurface of the ground. The three pieces, ,provided in the bill of materials, are used as sills, one oneither side and one in the middle. Eleven pieces, 16-ft., are nailed to the sills on their edges, two feetapart, and covered with lx6-in. tongue-and-groove floor-ing. For studding for the outer walls use , settwo feet apart center to center. For plates use 2x4-in. by20-ft. For ceiling joist use 11 pieces , and forrafters. 22 pieces Ceil with lx4-in. tongue-and-groove ceiling. Enclose the building with IxlO-inchshiplap. Cover the rafters with lx6-in. sheathing laid twoinches apart, and shingle. Put in
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