Show MUSLIN FRONT POULTRY HOUSE W s C m ct ik the poultry house bouse hero here illustrated Is riot not on a concrete wall but it the tha sand band and gravel can be gotten w without much difficulty it makes an ideal wall writes ira 0 in farmers review ours la Is on a wooden foundation I 1 our house bouso Is 10 beet feet conro lon 6 feet wide 5 feet high in in rear and front corner posts are I 1 feet long the house la is boarded within two feet of the bottom of the front posts but it if the house Is set on a foundation it will have an opening of about so 30 inches which we believe Is too much and think 28 26 inches at most Is built dent cleat opening the cloth to be used in the front of the house should of course b be a long or wide wida enough to reach train from top of 0 opening to bottom ours Is simply tacked fast to top of 0 frame of build ing in and on a piece at bottom the muslin should be securely tacked and the bottom piece be securely fastened as in heavy winds it may blow out or of place some recommend tacking the muslin to a f framo rame and then lowering or raising the frame at will tho frame idea of course course will prevent the wind from blowing the curtain in and out and perhaps keep it stretched tighter at all times the door to our house la Is 6 5 fert feet 5 inches by 21 inches however the door may be larger or smaller as the lumber at hand may cut out to in better belter advantage advant another size our door happeny to bo be from an old dwelling closet the window we have Is one that was at hand band from a dwelling and its size suits us vory well and we believe it la is about right it is a two light sash bash inches flo however wever this may vary in size to suit the builder it in our house the drop board is two feet from the he sills 23 inches from the south wall leaving an alley through the house the roosts boosts are 12 1 1 inches train from the drop hoards boards two in a number climber ton inches apart held la in place by cleats at either end and two cleats through the middle held in n place by being fastened t to a the studding at one end and by a wire nt at the other the wire runs rune from the cleat to the sup porting piece ot at tho the root which runal lengthwise ot of the roof the sheeting for the roof 19 hold held in n place by being nailed at either cither end and la the middle medillo onto the piece above mentioned the nests lu itt our case are commod storo store boxes set on the sills beneath the roost boards and they are easily gotten at from the alley mentioned I 1 in I 1 I our I 1 espere experience I 1 nce we find heavy un unbleached 1 beached leached muslin obtained at any country store to be the most satisfactory with us ua some poultry nien men re recommend commend that the cloth be dipped in flaxseed oil but we prefer to use it the particular house shown in the cut cost us less than f 8 but we got the frame stuff sheeting gear floor and window from a dismantled building with with a concrete wall it would cast cr st about 12 all new lumber would also add ouch much to this cost |