The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-03
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EQUIP HEN HOUSE
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more of the pieces of one inch ma
terial may be placed atong the front
10 help make IL steady but the nails
should not he driven entirely UP. hut
- that they may be easily drawn. Sew
erai pieces six feet long may now be
cut for the hack, placing them on the
back as described for the front Rign-
now IS where we require q LITTLE help
it we are unaccustomed Ia this kind
Of work. Take one Of the two by
feurs, sixteen feet long and nail this
to the front pieces four inches below +
the top nf the seven foot pieces. The +
remaining sixteen foot piece Is nailed /
to the back in the same manner as
the front, these two pieces ccnstitat-
ing our upper frame work. We will +
now put on our sin pieces, Of materiai /
nine foot four inches long, one Of
these should he placed at each end, /
while the others should he placed an
equal distant apart. running from the I
front framing To- the back. They I
should be allowed to project SIX inches !
both in the front and rear
Opening In H0Nse.
Now that our framing is complete, +
We will cut up enough boards to fin /
txh the back, mailing them on as close I
- possible. The front and ends fol-
lowing In like manner. If we prefer.
front, one four BY four and the other
i three feet In size. or we can saw them
tut after we have completed the i
q house. door In the end may he
made likewise. In either instance a
{ board is nailed tn the edges of the +
URening at the top to hold the ends t
4 xecure. Over this opening and on
the inside VIC nail wire netting TO |
Keep out the yarmints or cats and to
II 10 he Va In tot
weather "A frame should be made
and covered wath yellow cotton To fit
4 into each of these openings during
4 cold and Gisagreeablc weather. Now
8 that our outside is finished, we must
d nut on the sheeting or roofing boards,
/ running them across the pieces con-
shutting the top framing. The first
board should be allowed to project
over the front one inch while their
snds should be flush or even with
4 the end boards. a five-inch plank
Y matted even with the top OF the
roof along each end 10 finish IL off
and TO provide a place to nail our
roofing material To. After this comes
Inc roofing. no matter Of which kind,
shouEh | prefer tin. as 1t win last
longer with less cost for repair.
Now that the house is completed,
our next work is for The inside ar
Management. In the left end of the
house We will now construct our roost-
Ing quarters. and in this end should
h be placed the three by three foot
opening. Without thirty-two fcet III
tongue and groove boards We will con
struct a drop board eight hy four
feet in size. To this We place one
pair Of the eiRht-inch strap hinges
and securely fasten this to the back
thirty-six inches from the ground
Two props are placed under this
beard running from the bottom frame
4 work ut the back to the front iram-
Ing Of the drop board. and of length
80 that the drop board may he on
a level. Cut UP the ether two by
four, into two pieces eight feat long.
This one should bc dressed and two
Ut its side edges rounded off In pro-
s vide n better hold for the fow is feet
Reests for Fowls.
One foot from each end OF these
pieces We nall "A piece Of one-ineh
board twelve inches long and about
three inches wide for feet. Connect
these together with two pieces two
tert long and Ne have two roosts
II eight feet long that can he easily
removed for cleaning or lighting the
mites and lice. This completes our
ro0sfs 20 we now turn our attention
10 nests for the fowls. The drop
1 board can now be swung UP To the
i top Of the house. go that Ii will be
out Of oar way while constructing
the nests. Twelve inches below the
level nf the drop board we win buiIa
y framework on which our next boxes
Will rest This may be as elaborate
4 ~ desire. But IL can be OF any of
i the material left.
This platform or framework should
~ IT least two feet wide, So that
There may be room enough for the
u hens to walk after the nast hnvss