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The Corning Egg Farm book, by Corning himself

Chapter 134: CHAPTER XXIX
By Edward Corning
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A practical history and manual recounts the farm's founding and lays out a systematic approach to large-scale egg production. It explains housing layouts, the large-flock system to reduce costs and labor, and sanitary methods for preparing eggs for market. Breeding advice emphasizes selection of prolific white Leghorn stock, line-breeding to preserve type without close inbreeding, and producing unrelated cockerels for mating. Incubation and brooding guidance stresses uniform temperature, ventilation, and producing livable chicks, while feeding chapters prioritize succulent green foods (notably sprouted oats), mineral supplements, and animal-food substitutes. The work also covers watering systems, coal ash use, fixed routines for feeding and egg collection, and farm security and pest control.

CHAPTER XXIX

Materials Required for Laying House

Bill of material for the construction of 60 feet, being three sections of the Corning Laying House.

  • 14 Posts, 8′ long, 4″ top diameter.
  • Cross Braces at ends, and Corner Braces—5 pieces, 2″ × 6″ × 16′.
  • Floor Joists and Roof Rafters, 42 pieces—2″ × 10″ × 16′.
  • Under Floor, 1000′ cheap, wide boards.
  • Upper Floor, 1200′ #4 flooring.
  • Inside Ceiling, 2500′ #4 flooring.
  • Outside Covering and Roof, cheap wide boards, 2400′.
  • Uprights, 38 pieces, 2″ × 4″ × 12′.
  • Plates, 10 pieces, 2″ × 4″ × 12′.
  • Dropping Boards, 450′ #4 flooring.
  • Dropping Boards supports, 3 pieces, 2″ × 4″ × 20′, and 3 pieces, 2″ × 4″ × 12′.
  • Lath, 500 lineal feet 1″ × 2″.
  • Partitions, 100′ #4 flooring.
  • Hoods, 60 lineal feet, pine, 1″ × 8″.
  • Sills, 3 pieces pine, 1″ × 10″ × 10′.
  • Window Frames, pine, 1″ × 4″; 2 pieces, 10′ and 1 piece 12′ long.
  • One roll of roofing contains 108 square feet.
  • For Lining between floors 10 rolls
  • Lining between walls, sides and ends 9 rolls
  • All of one ply 19 rolls
  • All outside covering, two ply 25 rolls
  • Ventilators to be the length between the windows, with width of opening 12 inches. See detailed drawing at end of Book.

BREEDING HOUSE IN 1907—THE ORIGINAL CORNING HOUSE

Bill of Material for the Construction of Colony House

  • Skids, 2 pieces, 3″ × 4″ × 12′, and 1 piece, 2″ × 4″ × 10′.
  • Braces, 2 pieces, 2″ × 4″ × 10′.
  • Uprights, 5 pieces, 2″ × 3″ × 12′.
  • Nailing Pieces, 2 pieces, 2″ × 3″ × 10′.
  • Rafters, 2 pieces, 2″ × 3″ × 14′.
  • Plates, 2 pieces, 2″ × 3″ × 10′.
  • Roof, 60′ of 12 inch cheap boards, 10 feet long.
  • Floors and Walls, 300 feet #4 flooring.
  • Window Frames, 2 pieces pine, 1″ × 4″ × 8′.
  • 75′ of 2 ply roofing.

It is impossible to give prices of lumber, as there is a great variation according to locality. The above list will enable anyone to work out the full bill of lumber required, and the builder or lumber dealer will be able to give the prices in a very few moments.

The cost of labor on the Laying Houses is from $1.50 to $1.75 per running foot. This would include every item of labor in the construction of these Houses down to the smallest detail.