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Show 0C0CK PLAN FOR HEN HOUSE Convenient and Satisfactory Building to Accommodate Flock of Fifteen Fif-teen Chickens In City. The Ocock chicken house Is a con venlent and satisfactory house for city lots. It will accommodate 15 Individuals Indi-viduals If good care is given the flock. A dirt floor Is shown at the left In C. At the right In C Is a board floor on which the straw litter Is placed In I fp-;- . ..- 3 cVo'y . 1 t m II Showing Cloth Screen. winter months. A piece of 2 by 12 Inch material is used as & partition, to prevent tho straw from getting over on to the dirt, and Is shown In D. The perches, c, on the dropping board ire movable to make cleaning eaalr. The dropping board Is hinged and i m 1 1 b Opening Above Screen. ihould be swung up as high as the :lotb screen during the day, especial-y especial-y during the winter and early spring, rhe nesis are open under the dropping board and have small doors on the ilde next to the flooring tor removing Ihe eggs. Tho nests are so construct- ' nr- "11" iT ... IQ?dfe C Showing Dirt Floor, sd aa to be removed any time ror :Ieanlng. A cloth screen extends the full length over the dropping boards, 'oosts. nnd floored portion. The frame ork being shown at cl, c2, In C. A Irop curtain of canvas Is In front to e used on cold nights; this Is shown it a In C and at b In D. An opening s made In each end of the house ibove the screen and Is shown at a In 1, also at a In D. A cloth screen Is tinged above the window In A and Is ihown open at d In D. The small 1 e'xt' o Keeps Straw In Place. hree light glass sash above the six-Ik six-Ik lit sab la also hinged and is shown pen at e In D. The roof, side wall nd ends are covered with tar paper nslde In the halt wlilch is devoted to he roosts, tests and part or the loored space. The boarding or this oue la nailed up and down. |