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sunlight. Square or octagon houses inclose % the 

 most space for the money expended, and also give 

 opportunity for warm houses which may be con- 



FIG. 29. A double house Pennsylvania State College 



can: 



FIG. 30. Ground plan of double house Pennsylvania State College. 



structed cheaply, but in order to secure sunlight 

 it is necessary to build the house considerably longer 

 than wide. For economy, it is also desirable to build 

 a house longer than is necessary for one pen or 

 flock of fowls. A long and comparatively narrow 



