Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-12

bins and barrels The rear wall is to be
five feet high and at the highest point
the roof i'll be seven feet from the floor.
From this highest point there is to be a
drop Of three feet before the roof over
the front half begins. and the front wall
is to be three feet high. The space rep
resented by the drop to the roof Is to
be filled with glass. the window frames
hinged at the top to swing out, SO that
they will admit air, but keep out rain.
plan to keep these windows partly open
all the time except at night In severe
will be covered with fine mesh wire
screen to keep out chicken enemies Of all
kinds
Beginning six inches from the floor and
extending to within six inches Of the
roof In front there also will be glass
windows These will be hinged at the
bottom and will open H. SO that In pleas
ant weather plenty of air may be admit
ted without creating a draft on the baby
chickens These front windows will be
covered the outside with the fine mesh
wire. With the windows above and the
windows below there will be no part Of
the house which will not get plenty of
necessary to the health Of chickens, young
or old.
The back and ends Of the buildings
will be without windows and will be
made absolutely wind tight. The frame
Of the building will be of two by four
and matched boards will be used for
siding. The back and ends shall cover
with two-ply roofing paper, with three
ply paper for the roofs.
Double Floor Planned.
For a foundation I am going to use
three rows of cedar posts, and the floor
will be two feet from the ground. The
floor is going to be, proportionately, the
most costly part of the building. It will
be q double floor, and between the layers
Of boards there will be layer of the
fine mesh wire and a layer Of building
paper. This not only will make the
floor warm and dry. but 1t will make it
absolutely impossible for a rat to gnaw
his way in.
Inside along the entire back length Of
the building. I shall leave a passageway
three rect wide, separated from the chick
en- runs by solid board partition about
three feet high. The partitions between
the chick runs l shall make merely Of
removable canvas-covered frames about
two feet high. This will allow for each
hover-fock Of chickens a space three feet
wide by seven feet long. For each run
In the space under the window in 'front.'
the chicks can be let out Of doors when It
is dry. The outside runs. which will be
three feet wide by about ten feet long,
I'll inclose with wtre-covered light
frames. the sections hooked together
When the chicks get too big for these
small outside runs and 1t Is desired to
give them range I'll merely unlock the
frames and store them away in the barn
until another year.
It is going to cost considerable money
to put up this building. and cheaper one
might do. In fact. cheaper ones are be-
Ing made to SO on a lot of poultry farms.
But we look upon the additional cost IN
the light of insurance against the dis
aster which has overtaken 30 many
chicken ventures-the appallingly high
mortality among baby chicks; Long be-
fore the problem of economical feeding
and the getting of hish-priced winter
eggs Is reached fertile eggs must be had
for Matching, and when Matched the baby
chicks must be raised to maturity. There
fore. we are going to indulge in extrava-
gance'' to the end Of getting fertile eggs
and raising our baby chicks.
Wide Range for Breeders.
Our breeding flock Is to have a clean.
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