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the kennel, and a hinged side, three boards high, 

 26 inches long, is cut and nailed to two cleats. A 

 pair of hinges is then put on across the crack, be- 

 tween this door and the upper front board, and a 

 fastening of some sort is devised to hold it tight 

 at the bottom, and the kennel is built. It will need 

 a roofing of a piece of tar paper running well over 

 the ends of the roof boards, and secured with the 

 usual tin washers. The whole job is then given 

 a coat of paint, and you have a durable, practical, 

 warm and windproof kennel. Two fittings will be 

 needed, a bed of straw, scutl up in denim or duck 

 ticking to form a mat 24"x36", and a resting bench 

 24"x36" made of two strips of 2"x4" set on edge, 

 with slats 36 inches long nailed across them, leav- 

 ing a space of some half an inch between slats. 

 This bench is more necessary than it seems at first 

 sight. It is high and dry and self-draining, and 

 is for the dog to lie on in the sun when the ground 

 is still too damp and cold to be healthy. In the 

 early spring and late fall there will be many days 

 of this sort, the same that make for colds and 

 malaria among us humans, if we sit on the damp 

 ground. The dog will lie on the cold lawn or the 

 driveway in such days and make himself sick or 

 pave the way for an attack of distemper if no suit- 

 able raised bench is provided for him, for, of 



