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mix the contents with earth or litter, and scatter on the 

 garden. 



A shack can ' ' built of logs which will do for comfort and 

 will look dignified. 



Horace L. Pike, in Country Life in America, says : " The 

 lot on which we meant to build our log house stood thirty- 

 five feet above the lake. The problem was how to build a 

 cabin roomy, picturesque, inexpensive, and all on the ground. 



"The ground dimensions are thirty-two by thirty feet out- 

 side. This gives a living room sixteen by fourteen; bed- 

 rooms twelve by twelve, twelve by ten, and nine by seven ; 

 kitchen eleven by nine; a five- by four-foot corner for a 

 pantry and refrigerator ; closet four by six, front porch six- 

 teen by six feet six inches, and rear porch five by five 705 

 square feet of inside floor space and 130 square feet of porch. 



"A dozen pine trees stand on the lot, and maneuvering 

 was required to set a cottage among them without the crime 

 of cutting one. The front received the salutes of a leaning 

 oak, the life of which was saved by the sacrifice of six inches 

 from the porch eaves, the trunk forming a newel post for the 

 step railing. 



"We closed the contract immediately for 120 Norway 

 or red pine logs, thirty feet long and eight by ten inches 

 diameter at butts. The price was low one or two dollars 

 their like should have brought. We used, however, only 

 eighty-one logs; forty thirty-foot, fourteen eighteen-foot, 

 thirteen sixteen-foot, and fourteen fourteen-foot. 



"Work was begun on April 22. Two days sufficed for 

 the owner and one man to clear and level the ground, dig 

 post holes, set posts, and square the foundation. The soil 

 was light sand with a clay hardpan three feet down. 



"Twenty-seven days each were put in by two men from 



