. The house: a manual of rural architecture: or, How to build country houses and out-buildings .. . Pekspectivb View plank. To guard against leakage by shrinking, the joints m^iybe battened with lath or strips of thin boards. An eight-squareframe supports the top of the rafters, leaving an opening often inches in diameter, on which is placed an octagon chimneyfor a ventilator, which makes a very pretty finish. The piersshould be ©ither cedar, chestnut, or locust, two feet higli, andset on flat stones. lU The House. Fie:. Plan. The letter D designates the door ; W, W, windows ; L, lat-tic
. The house: a manual of rural architecture: or, How to build country houses and out-buildings .. . Pekspectivb View plank. To guard against leakage by shrinking, the joints m^iybe battened with lath or strips of thin boards. An eight-squareframe supports the top of the rafters, leaving an opening often inches in diameter, on which is placed an octagon chimneyfor a ventilator, which makes a very pretty finish. The piersshould be ©ither cedar, chestnut, or locust, two feet higli, andset on flat stones. lU The House. Fie:. Plan. The letter D designates the door ; W, W, windows ; L, lat-ticed window to admit air, with a shutter to exclude it, when necessary ; E, entrance for thefowls, with a sliding door ; P,platform for the fowls toalight on when going in ; R, R,roosts placed spirally, one endattached to a post near thecenter of the room, and theother end to the wall; thefirst, or lowermost one, twofeet from the floor, and theothers 18 inches apart, andrising gradually to the top, sixfeet from the floor. Theseroosts will accommodate 40 ordinary-sized fowls. F, F, is aboard floor, on an angle of about 45 degrees, to catch and carrydown the droppings of the fowls. This arrangement renders itmuch more convenient in cleaning out the manure, whichshould be frecjuently done. The space beneath this floor is appropriated to nests, 12 innumber, 15 inches wide, 18 inches deep, and 18 inches order to give an appearance of secrecy, which it is wellknown the hen is so partial to, the front is latticed with s
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