GENERAL MANAGEMENT 5 



by 2 feet 6 inches ; whilst the double is 5 feet wide. 

 Both the run and house have a door for cleaning 

 it out ; the roof is covered with weather-boarding. 

 The cost of a single house is 3, and the double is 5. 



Any local carpenter will construct a cattery 

 according to the owner's plans, but such con- 

 struction must be regulated by certain principles, 

 applicable to a cattery only, which, if left to the 

 devices of the carpenter, are almost certain to be 

 found wanting in the essentials of a good house. 



First of all there must be a large air-space 

 above, as cats require plenty, of pure air. 



The joints of the boarding must be either over- 

 lapping one another, or else the house must be 

 lined with match-boarding with a layer of felt 

 between, the latter certainly repaying the extra 

 outlay by the additional comfort it affords. 



The outlet for impure air should be in the roof; 

 and the inlet, in the form of a small window, fixed 

 in the door. Both house and run should have a 

 separate door, taking care that the door in the 

 house has a south or south-west aspect, whilst 

 the door in the run is preferably at the end. 

 The run should be enclosed with J-inch galvanized 

 wire netting fixed on to the sectional framework 

 of the run. 4 feet by 4 feet may be allowed for 

 the run ; for the house, 6 feet by 4 feet ; and the 

 height at the eaves, 6 feet. Doors should open 

 outwards. Use well-seasoned red deal for its 



