. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... afters are provided in the bill of material,but the original houses were built without rafters, the rodboards being run up and down and nailed securely together at the ridges, which construction is firm enough forall practical purposes. Fig. 122 shows floor plan as arranged for winter useof the laying or breeding flock. The floor is laid on 3x6-inch chestnut runners, with four 2x4-inch joists mortisedinto the top of the sills and firmly spiked. Fig. 121 showsa cross section with lamp-heated hover installed. Threesuch hovers can b
. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... afters are provided in the bill of material,but the original houses were built without rafters, the rodboards being run up and down and nailed securely together at the ridges, which construction is firm enough forall practical purposes. Fig. 122 shows floor plan as arranged for winter useof the laying or breeding flock. The floor is laid on 3x6-inch chestnut runners, with four 2x4-inch joists mortisedinto the top of the sills and firmly spiked. Fig. 121 showsa cross section with lamp-heated hover installed. Threesuch hovers can be accommodated in one of these houses,temporary partitions being placed between them, to beremoved when the chicks are ready to go on perches. Thishouse provides excellent quarters for a colony hover flock,the hover being placed back within about two feet of theend wall. Fig. 120 is a cross section with perches and plat-form installed. Fig. 119 shows the completed house on therange. For summer ventilation a small louvered opening 66 POULTRY HOUSES AND FIXTURES. FIG. 120—CROSS SECTION OF GABLE ROOF HOUSEWITH PERCHES AND NESTS (not shown in plan) should be provided in each gable. Ifbuilt of white pine or similar light-weight lumber, a two-horse team will readily haul this house anywhere on rea-sonably level ground. The sills are rounded off ^t eachend, runner-fashion, and suitably bored for attachinghooks or chain to hitch to. BILL, OF MATERIALS FOR PORTABLE HOUSE Us SizeInche Sills > 3x6 Joists 2x4 Plate-, 2x4 Studs 2x4 Rafters 2x4 Perchc 2x4 Support for drop. 2x4Sheathing boards forsubfloor, roof, nests and partitions %xlO Matched flooring forfloors and drop-pings platform %x4 Furring %x3 Window sills IHxB 300 ft. bd. meas. Surfaced. 415 ft. bd. lin. ft. lin. ft. Surfaced.
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