THE KIND OF HOUSE TO BUILD 37 
or two more will be needed to pay for the roofing 
paper needed to cover it so that it will be suitable 
for use in cold weather. Houses of this type have 
been tested and proved wholly practical. Muslin 
is used in place of glass, and being low, the house 
is quite warm enough. 
Unless the question of ornamentation or archi- 
tectural finish figures, a thoroughly satisfactory 
house, as has been stated, need not cost more than 
one dollar for each hen which is to occupy it. Con- 
sidered purely from the financial standpoint, a poul- 
try house should cost no more. Many practical 
houses in which paying flocks are kept cost less. 
Many houses, on the other hand, which have cost 
much more have proved a failure. The writer once 
visited an amateur’s plant on which there was an 
expensive house plastered on the inside and with a 
stove to keep it warm. It was large enough for 
many score of fowls, but only a few lonesome-look- 
ing birds were to be seen wandering about. 
Single boarded walls covered with roofing paper 
are sufficient. Paper is also to be preferred for the 
roof, as a rule, because it wears well when the roof 
slopes toward the north and because the pitch of the 
roof need not be as great as when shingles are em- 
