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THE SMALL COUNTRY PLACE 



One inlet 4 x 20 inches to each ten feet of length will be 

 sufficient for a small number of animals, with an exit 

 shaft from one to two feet square, according to the 

 number of animals. 



SHINGLING WALLS OF OLD BUILDINGS. 



Many old buildings have become unsightly from the 

 starting and working off of the clapboards, which it is 

 found difficult to hold in place with anything but large 



FIG. 10 A Small Shingled Building Covered with Vines ; 

 Grapevine above, Nasturtiums below. 



nails that often crack them, increasing the unsightliness. 

 Such walls may be covered with shingles, first removing 

 the clapboards and putting on over the lining-boards 

 one or two thicknesses of building paper, making very 

 warm and neat buildings. The cost of first quality 

 shingles and clapboards is about the same per square 

 (100 sq. ft. 10 x 10 ft.) when the former are laid four 

 inches to the weather, but when laid five inches or five 



