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ling of turpentine, will keep all flies and vermin 

 away, and should not be overlooked, else the en- 

 tire kennels will become infested with these pests. 



The flooring should be double, with a layer of 

 good roofing paper between, the top floor being- 

 matched. Brick and asphalt floors should never 

 be used; concrete is the best of such floors, but 

 do not advise its use. It is more or less conducive 

 to kennel lameness, which is simply a form of 

 rheumatism. In mild climates the siding may 

 be of boxing, well stripped, but in colder climates 

 it should be plastered, or have the addition of a 

 good building paper, or better still, some of the 

 many eel grass papers that are both germ, fire, 

 and weather proof. The roof should be covered 

 with eel grass paper on the sheathing, then 

 shingled. Under no circumstances should a metal 

 roof be used. They are cold in winter, and in- 

 tensely hot in summer, and have nothing but their 

 price to recommend them. 



Each compartment should have a narrow door 

 with latch on the outside, a sliding door twelve by 

 eighteen, six inches from the floor, a sliding win- 

 dow and wire screen opening into the rear com- 

 partments, placed six feet from the floor; an ad- 

 justable ventilator arranged to throw the draft 

 against the ceiling when open. 



A portable sleeping bench, with twelve-inch 

 solid back and four-inch rail around sides and 

 front, with short legs six inches high which will 



