The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-01

tended or duplicated as many times as
he desires.
The dimensions of this section,
ground floor, are sX16 feet. 1, 1, are
chestnut posts, IA feet high after be-
ing set, and should be 21a feet in
ground. 2, ?, posts S1a feet above
ground. 3, posts u feet above ground.
One section of model poultry house, SIX
Is feet, TO accomm odate 25 fowls To be
duplicated and extended TO any desired
length.
4, loft floor, SIS forms nice loft for
pigeons Of rabbits. Divide from front
to rear, making two AXIS lofts. 5, 3
foot alley or passage way. 6, roosting
room, sAs and feet high, to be con-
nected with z, the basement or scratch
ing pen sx16 and feet high. s, s. s,
windows, 2X4 feet, hung on hinges at
top, to open inside for ventilation when
desired. Q, sitting and brooding room
SKIS, to be divided, making two AXIS
rooms. 10, floor over basement, feet
from ground. Now imagine this one
section extended eight times, making
q house 16N64, or as before remarked,
any length desired. All the lumber
necessary is hemlock plank, or So
called boards 1x12 inches by 16 feet,
ond scantling 2x4 inches by 16 feet.
This house should face the south, and
the extreme north end section should
not have the drop, but let both roofs
run at equal height, and use this sec
ton for storage purposes, and its base
ment for a manure cellar. The parti-
lions between this and the next section
should be boarded tight, thus making
the others warmer. All other inside
divisions or partitions are made of wire
netting. The droppings are gathered
often from the roosting rooms, wheeled
along the alley and dumped through
the floor into the manure basement,
thus making an ideal fertilizer factory.
An abundant supply of absorbents or
litter should be carried in this north
end storage room. ChaH, buckwheat,
bulls, fine shavings, dried muck, leaf
mold, sifted coal ashes, tobacco dust,
ETC., are all good. and should be stored
whenever obtainable. Make no hollow
walls to shield rats. Double plank or
board the outside walls, breaking joints,
and use tarred building paper between
the boards. The best roof is made by
boarding tightly, cover with tarred
roofing paper, and shingling over it.
The roof is expensive, but we get
great deal under it. Keep kerosene oil
and lime wash handy and use them ire
quently as a safeguard against lice.
If early chickens or broilers are an
object, place hot water heater in the
basement at the south end, run a sim
gle hot water pipe along back of the
roosting rooms, cross the storage room,
and return five pipes through the
brooding rooms, constructing a series
of breeders over them. Each roostng
room is connectedwith its basement
bv a hole in the floor, and an inclined
plank on which stats are nailed. The
Easements are feet high. Each sec
ton should have a front yard SX16 for
winter use, and back yard for summer
as extensive as possible, but confine-
1nent in winter is desirable.
Place the roosting poles on level
4 feet from the floor, with an inclined
platform underneath sloping to the
north, so the droppings are guided to
a single line, opposite the door leading
from the passageway, from which they
are taken every day or two. Nest
boxes are placed in the position be-
tween alley and roosting room, with
feed troughs under them, which the
fowls reach through Stats. A dry dust