. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... orts for nest bases and roosts. 1 piece, 2-inchx3-inch furring, 14 feet long, for feet of tongue-and-groove flooring, either pine orspruce. 4 pounds of 8d wire nails. 221/2 feet of one-ply prepared roofing. 1 gallon of paint. 2 .sashes (6-in. x 8-in. lights), 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 feet of 2-inch mesh poultry netting if yard is to be covered on top, or in case of only a fence, 94 feetwill be pounds of staples. 4 pieces, 3-inch x 1-inch furring, 12 feet long, for topof yard posts. 6 pieces, 3-inch x 8-in
. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... orts for nest bases and roosts. 1 piece, 2-inchx3-inch furring, 14 feet long, for feet of tongue-and-groove flooring, either pine orspruce. 4 pounds of 8d wire nails. 221/2 feet of one-ply prepared roofing. 1 gallon of paint. 2 .sashes (6-in. x 8-in. lights), 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 feet of 2-inch mesh poultry netting if yard is to be covered on top, or in case of only a fence, 94 feetwill be pounds of staples. 4 pieces, 3-inch x 1-inch furring, 12 feet long, for topof yard posts. 6 pieces, 3-inch x 8-inch cedar posts. 2 pieces, 3-inch x 1-inch furring, 13 feet long, for gate. 2 6-inch x 1-inch spruce boards, 12 feet long, for bot-tom of wire. 2 G-inch x 1-inch bo-rds, 18 feet long, for bottom of wire. The muslin screens in the upper part of the frontare movable and should preferably be hung from the topon hinges, so that they can be hooked up out of theway when not in use. In this house the windows shouldbe hinged at the bottom so that they can be dropped in. [G. 46—CROSS SECTION OF HOUSE FOR 20 FOWLS Reproduced from Ohio State University Extension Bulletin. from the top for additional ventilation and during warmweather should be entirely removed. In a house as narrow as this it is diflficult to usemuslin shutters without exposing the fowls to directdrafts when on the perches, and for this reason it wouldseem that the perch curtain should not be omitted. Apractical method of protecting the fowls from drafts un-der such conditions is to fasten the curtain in the posi-tion shown in the diagram, so that it will act as a screen. Flcok Pun ScHLE-i-l PtAf/s Of PoUlTHY Mouse
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