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BILL OF LUMBER, ETC., FOR .HEN-HOUSE. 



400 feet matched pine, at $18 per M $7 20 



120 feet hemlock boards, $13 M i 50 



230 feet 2x4 hemlock, at $13 M 3 oo 



Shingles 6 75 



4 windows, at $1.25 5 oo 



100 pounds tarred paper 2 50 



Nails, hinges, etc . . 2 oo 



Total $27 95 



No estimate is made for roof-boards, as old fence-boards 

 were utilized. One dollar's worth of oil and Venetian red 

 should paint the building twice over. 



FIG. D. 



GLASS IN THE HEN-HOUSE. 



As the practice of keeping the hens housed during the entire 

 winter becomes more general, the question of where to put the 

 glass, and how much is needed to secure necessary warmth, 

 becomes of great importance. Many poultry-keepers put all 

 the glass in the south side of the house. Others want it on the 

 east and west sides, thus securing, as they claim, less intense 

 heat but a longer continuance of it during the day. The mat- 

 ter was submitted to a number of leading poultry-authorities, 

 and here follows a synopsis of their views. P. H. Jacobs says 

 that most poultry-men at.Hammonton face their houses to the 

 southeast. For a house 10x10 a sash 3x6 is about correct. To 



