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Show PLATFORM ROOST FOR FOWLS Convenient Device Recommended b the Department of Agriculture Shown In Illustration. The accompanying illustration shows the design of a convenient roosting platform which is recommended recom-mended by the department of agricui. ture for use in chicken houses, the front of this platform is hung a duck curtain operated by means o! cord run through rings attached to the celling. This additional protection effectually prevents the freezing 0I combs in all except the most 6evere winter weather, says Homestead The nests are directly under the piat! forms and are entered from the rear Convenient Roosting Platform. The bottom of the nests are attaches to one side by means of hinges and are held in place by a number of hasps. To clean the nests it is simply necessary to unfasten the hasps and the entire bottom swings downward. The floor consists of matched boards. The outside of the studs of the walls are first boarded, then covered with paper and clapboarded. The inside c! the studs is covered with matched boards, making a four-inch dead air space between the two walls. The ceilings are made of matched beards. Over each pen in the ceiling Is a trap door about 20x24 inches, opening into the attic. At each end of the attic is a window, and at regular intervals along the peak of the roof are ventilating venti-lating cupolas. Straw may be placed in the attic, thus providing an elective elec-tive means of absorbing the moisture. |