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Title: Our farm and building book.
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: William A. Radford
Subjects: farm buildings -- catalogs agricultural buildings barns house plans
Publisher: Radford Architectural Company
Contributing Library: MBJ collection

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ntage of gettingmore sunshine into a house with a shedroof; To economize warmth in winter,it is a good plan to have the back of thehouse as low as possible. Some evenbuild down to 3 feet. Unless the roofis quite steep, this manner of buildingleads to a good deal of stooping on thepart of the attendant. If the roof issteep there is no material or spacesaved. Alley ways in poultry housestake up considerable room, but they also furnish stor- age for feed andimplements. .■ ,* ally are contested and happy, but fowlscannot stand too- much sun in hotweather. There must be partial shadein summer. A poultry house is not complete with-out a yard. Nine times out of ten theyard is too small, partly because largeyards are not appreciated and partlybecause poultry fencing is expensive. In these plans we are showing thedifferent kinds of houses so that indi-vidual farmers may select a plan thatjust suits their location and the wayin which they prefer to conduct thepoultry branch of their business.
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The subject ofventilation hasbothered poultry-men more thanany other onething. It is ex-tremely difficult toget up a circulationof air in a poultryhouse and you (adonwhhourS: A TWO-COLONY POULTRY HOUSE culation S o m e sensible poultry house that makes a good appear- rwvuitrv ™An M«im ance- Each room has one window glazed and one window E? £ « TT a +T c°vered with cheese cloth for ventilation. Dimensions, to have solved the 16 by 30 feet We can furnish complete set of blue-printed proDiem Dy leav- WOrking plans and typewritten specifications for only $2.00 ing out all ventilat- per set. When ordering, ask for Design No. A240L.ing shafts and cov- ering the openings with compara-tively thin cotton; others leave the gablewindows open and fill the roof spacewith straw. Sunlight is necessary to fowls. Itprevents diseases, and encourages cheer-fulness. Fowls basking in the sun usu- \X

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