Identifier: CAT87203197 (find matches)
Title: Poultry house construction
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Lee, Alfred R.
Subjects: Poultry Housing
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

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Fig. 4.—Cross section and end elevation of colony house used at Government PoultryFarm, Beltsville, Md. Capacity, 25 hens. POULTRY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 7 width. It is one of the easiest styles 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 facesthe 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. Thecombination 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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