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Show fi -y POULTRY 1 NEAT LITTLE POULTRY HOUSE Concrete Foundation Makes Building Rat Proof Both Inside Partitions Are of Wire. A neat poultry house is shown In this plan. The house Is 16 feet wide, 24 feet long and 8 feet high, to the eaves, with a hallway In the center 4 feet wide, making each poultry room 10 by 16 feet, writes W. A. Radford III lip II II IP 11 y u II ' End Section. In the Farmers' Mail and Breeze. Dropping boards extend along the outer sides the full width of the building, build-ing, and they are high enough up to leave scratching room underneath. The roosts are all on a level above the dropping boards. Rows of nest boxes extend along the partitions, so the eggs may be gathered without going In among the hens. Feeding troughs are set along the floor In the feed alley so the hens can reach through for feed and water. The back end of the alley Is used for storage. i i 5 J i I - pC 1 1 M Floor Plan. A concrete foundation makes the house rat proof. The concrete is covered about a foot deep with earth and the earth is supposed to be covered about a foot deep at all times with straw. Both inside partitions are wire and ' there are wire doors in these partitions parti-tions opening into the different apart-1 apart-1 ments. Loose strips reach across : from one plate to another and the ' space above these strips Is filled with 1 straw to secure ventilation without draft. This is helped by windows in each gable covered with thin cotton j cloth. Twice during the winter season sea-son these strips are pulled down, the ! straw all taken out and fresh straw Front View. put in. This is done on a mild day when the fowls can be left out In the yard. |