The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-23

cave. and at the rear cave, Il :
f.at >. ,3e comb. The floor shoulu
he the natural earth if tbs house Is
located on i we'll drained place. IL
| ,ot. there should Of course, Dc =
plank floor.
For the convenience % the kee!ef,
the building should be d1Nlueu ln'o
three rooms in the front part me
hallway at the rear should run lhe
.niire length Of the building. The
hallway Is 1 feet wide; this viii leave
the three rooms X 1etI.
The partitions between these r"oms
should be mad solid two ana one
half feet high. The rest Of the par
tition can be of pOultry-Wlre hel'lhe-
The upper part of the partition De
tween the hallway and the rooms IS
made Of wire netting. In the halfway
we keep the supply of food Tor the
poultry, and a few barrels OF ROAD
dust that we gather up during Q dry
time in the This is for the
| dust-b0xcs during the winter, When
the hens should not be out on tho
cold ground.
The watering and feeding trouShs
arc set along the shattered petitions,
Just inside The hallway: the chickens
reach through between he Stats Tor
tEti1 food and water.
The nests are I,atrl on q platform
jest above the shattered part of the
partition. and on the dropping-board
Is placed on the neSt-boXes and the
perches on the dropping-boards.
The platform for the nests, tho
dropping-hOards, and the perches are
put in in divisions, three of is feet
each. This facilitates the as
81 Of the interior arrangements are
removed at Observation-Disclosures,
which is tWic. 4 YEAR spring and
fail.
This Is the general cleaning time;
the pens are cleaned each week: and
the dropping-hoardS each day. The
manure saved by cleaning the drop
) ping-Doards each day from d hun
dred hens pays handsomely, not only
t in the value OF nanurc, but in keep
ing the house clcanly. The boxes arc
+ each one complete within itself.
tn" material used t. bui!d this
houS" Is:
500 feet common tagging. fol
sheotins.
: squares roofing ,ruhbcr OF tarreo
+, l.apcr.)
4 700 feet sjdinc tshiplap or novelty
Sidins.)
I sec feet No. flooring To-; drop.
p~inG-bOards. partitions, nests. plat.
: forms and inside finish.
G - pieces ~N4--lt IteE 1CUS. r TiI1lcS
: for doors. windows and partitions.
: pieces exile feet long plates
!. y pieces Exit feet long-rafters
< Il pieces 2x4-14 feet iong-raf
t t.rs.
6 pieces 2N4-1o feet long-ptrche;
" top edge ~ronndtd.)
= Il pieces ] hx2-10 feet long
n franes for doors and windows ani
9 screens.
=. II nAit A-ir..t, cfp..v. ty.rr :, f--:
doors, windows, etc.
) single SASH foot, S inches y,
10 feet, lower windows, front.
$50 square feet p~oultry-netting 10
s. Partitions, etc.
12o square feet bur!ap for clrt.i,
. fronts.
10 So pounds nails, assorted.
IL h curtains to the front window
e are hinged so that they will swing u
at to the rafters.
tr Inc openings OF the curtainad win
! COWS are covered with poultry net
+ tlnS. The house is made perfect
III tight except the curtained window.
81 There Is q Ncntilator in each end a
:, the gable for summer ventilation.
III The floors OF the pen should !
covered with cut straw, or bette
Isl still, dry leaves gathered in the f..
= and stored away to BE used throug
the winter.
The grain-food when scattered
these leaves or straw gives the fow
:, The much needed exercises. The RI,
ch niaSh-feeds and me"t-scraps, etc. Al
~ Ted II the troughS.
ve me interior should he thorouch
sci SPRAYED with NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. enl,
* uoh. 81 equal parts lime and su
Dnhf IN making the whitewash ar
YOU Will not be troubled with lie
d ~higgers or mites chat tr,1,hla -
Ia poultry.
b outside Of the house sh.,,
have ! good Painting. This NOT IN
un aGus 70 the appearance Of he bun,
no lnf, hut to the life Of IL.
IN T.
80 It an experiment Ut P~hiiade,nhia
sulnet. pig died L hours after j, "