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I. This floor is cool in summer and warm in winter, 

 as there can be no draft. The shop should have plenty 

 of light, skylights if possible. .The soot and dust will, 

 in a short time, make the lightest shop dark. The 

 shop should be whitewashed once a year. Have 



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plenty of ventilation. Make it one "fetory only if con- 

 venient to do so, as an upper story in a blacksmith 

 shop is of very little use. The shop is the place where 

 the smith spends most of his time and he should take 

 just as much care in building it, as a sensible house- 

 keeper does in the construction of her kitchen. 



