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Identifier: CAT31127626 (find matches)
Title: Poultry house construction
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Lee, Alfred R.
Subjects: Poultry Housing
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

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tyles to construct. It allows ahigh front to the house, and furnishes a northern slope for the roofon which roofing paper will last longer than on a roof which faces □ Fig. 2.—Floor plan of colony house used at Government Poultry Farm, Beltsville, Md.Capacity, 25 hens. (See illustration on title-page.) This house is built on runners sothat it can be easily moved. the south. The combination and semimonitor roofs are adapted forbuildings from 16 to 24 feet wide, while either of these styles, or themonitor and the gable roof, may be used for wider buildings. The POULTRY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 7 combination roof on a house over 16 feet wide gives the best headroom at the least cost, reduces the amount of surplus air space, andgives a neat appearance to the buildings; while the semimonitor andmonitor types are best for wide houses which have a central alley,particularly brooder houses. The semimonitor house usually facessouth, while the monitor type of roof is frequently used on buildings
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facing east or west. The gable roof is used extensively for two-storybuildings, for brooder houses, and for incubator cellars. This styleof roof is usually ceiled at or slightly above the eaves, or the gablemay be filled , with straw or some kind of absorbent material, whichtends to keep such houses dry and warm. The A-shaped roof isused for growing coops and colony houses which, with a wall 18inches high, provides a large amount of floor space with a minimum 8 FAKMEKS BULLET1K 574.

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