74 CONSTRUCTION. 



struction of such a house would cost comparatively 

 little. Ordinarily in constructing a house of this 

 kind two beds are first made, with a walk fourteen 

 inches wide between them. These beds are made 

 of twelve inch hemlock boards, which are nailed to 

 two by three inch hemlock posts set four feet apart. 

 In order to keep the boards in place the hemlock 

 posts are driven six to eight inches in the ground 

 and then wired to opposite posts or to sticks 

 driven down for the purpose. The total width of 

 such a house should be ten feet, including the 

 path. The path being fourteen inches wide, 

 there is left on each side a bed four feet five 

 inches wide. To support the sash, uprights, made 

 of two by four hemlock studs, are nailed to the 

 outside boards of the frame. These uprights are 

 placed about six feet apart and should project 

 two feet above the frame. After being set in 

 this way and nailed to the boards, the tops 

 should be sawed at the same slant or pitch the 

 roof is to have. A two by three stud is then 

 nailed to the tops of the posts for a plate and 

 upon this the ends of the sash are allowed to rest. 

 The sash are simply brought together at the top 

 and nailed, no ridge being required. They are 

 also nailed at the bottom and no further support 

 is necessary. 



Where the house is intended for late spring 

 and summer use it is of course not necessary to 

 provide for ventilation, as plenty of air is always 

 circulating through the sides and ends, which are 



