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The floor is laid of seven-eighth-inch matched North 

 Carolina pine, tongued and grooved. The interior 

 should be boarded vertically with seven-eighth-inch 

 beaded North Carolina pine, tongued and grooved. 

 In such a climate as we have in New Jersey, "it is not 

 necessary to plaster the inside walls or sheath them 

 throughout with building paper. We use building 

 paper only on the north side of the house. In colder 

 climates, however, it would undoubtedly be better 

 to give such protection throughout. The partitions 

 between the sections are constructed of one-inch 

 boards, 12 inches wide. The interior of the alley- 

 way is thoroughly ceiled with boards of the 

 same kind, as shown in Fig. 9. These partitions ex- 

 tend to the roof, leaving a two-foot opening for ven- 

 tilation near the gable, as shown at "a". Fig. 13. 



Nests and roosts. — The sectional view shown in 

 Fig. 13 gives a good idea of the interior arrangement 

 of the nests. These are placed against the partition." 

 It is not desirable to have all the upright boards ex- 

 tend to the floor. If arranged as shown in Fig. 13, 

 so as to have the bottom nest about 15 inches from the 

 floor, there will be no place for mice or other vermin 

 to hide. It should be noted in Fig. 13, that the center, 

 upright board and the one next to the aisle extend to 

 the floor. Two boards at the right extend to the roof, 

 where they are securely fastened. These nests are 

 made of one-inch boards and are, when completed, 12 

 inches wide, 12 inches deep and 10 inches high. The 

 cleats are one-inch square, nailed 10 inches apart on 

 either side of the upright boards, as shown in the 

 figure. The bottom of the nest consists of one-inch 

 boards, 12 inches wide, cut in iij^-inch lengths. This 

 slight allowance makes it easy to remove the bottom 



