THE PRACTICAL COUxNTRY GENTLEMAN 



beside each other and connected in one battery. 

 In planning for the size of a boiler it is neces- 

 sary to have It large enough, not only to supply 

 the required temperature in zero weather, but 

 in weather at least lo degrees below zero, es- 

 pecially in the New England States. It will 

 cost a bit more at the start, but the difference of 

 a hundred dollars may mean the difference be- 

 tween success and failure. 



Now, as to the cost of building — and that 

 will depend in a large measure upon many 

 things. The builder, for instance, may have all 

 the work done by contract or may do part of 

 it with his own men; or he may prefer an all- 

 steel and iron house to a less expensive wooden 

 or semi-iron structure. In fact, so many differ- 

 ent conditions may enter into the plans that only 

 a general idea as to cost can be given. A shed- 

 roof house, 20 by 100 feet, could be built for 

 about fifteen hundred dollars if the men on the 

 place shared in the work, and this would in- 

 clude heating and benches. A small potting- 

 shed with a boiler cellar would cost three hun- 

 dred dollars extra, provided the excavating 

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