. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. /6>/6U--/024 FOR 64 HENS' WEIGHING 4LBS. EACH -16 CUFT. PER PER POUND LIVE 2'*2'4-sq. ft. floor space * air space' leuft. per pound Jive we/gftt far a 4-pound hen. Fig. 559. Amount of air space in houses of various heights, and the square feet of floor space allowed for each pound of live weight. may be convenient for the attendant to work inside. The rule of one cubic foot of air space to one pound of live weight, which is used in building stables, would make the hen-house only one foot hig
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. /6>/6U--/024 FOR 64 HENS' WEIGHING 4LBS. EACH -16 CUFT. PER PER POUND LIVE 2'*2'4-sq. ft. floor space * air space' leuft. per pound Jive we/gftt far a 4-pound hen. Fig. 559. Amount of air space in houses of various heights, and the square feet of floor space allowed for each pound of live weight. may be convenient for the attendant to work inside. The rule of one cubic foot of air space to one pound of live weight, which is used in building stables, would make the hen-house only one foot high. This is assuming that we are to allow one square foot of floor space to each pound of live weight. Such a condition is illustrated in Fig. 559, which shows the allotment of the floor space in a pen 16 feet square to 64 hens, weighing 4 pounds each. Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 show the height of the pen, not including the roof space, when 1, 2, 4 and 8 cubic feet of air space, respectively, are allowed per hen. The roof space alone provides 4 cubic feet of air space for each pound live weight for 64 hens weighing 4 pounds each. It will be seen that with the above allowance, a poultry- house with a one-half pitch gable roof and 6 feet high at the eaves, would allow 10 cubic feet of air space for each pound of live weight, which is about ten times as much as would be allowed per pound of live weight in building a stable ; hence, the rule which requires that a poultry-house should be built as low as possible without inconvenience to the person working inside. Kinds of walls. (Fig. 560.) The walls should be so constructed that they will prevent drafts, retain the heat, and prevent condensation of moisture. Several possible types are as follows : (A) Single, unmatched boarding. This is too open, too cold, and too drafty. (B) Same as (A), with cracks covered with batten. It is not tight enough. Battens are expensive. (C) Matched (tongued and grooved) boards. This is sufficiently tight an
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