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should be placed high up in the front of the 
building so as to get the sunlight as far back 
into the house as possible. 
The windows that are recommended are 
the ordinary stock sash. They should be 
screwed or nailed to the studding, because it 
is not necessary that these windows be 
opened at any time. Any window that opens 
or swings is much more likely to be broken 
than one that is permanent. 
On stormy days it is intended that the open 
fronts should be covered with their curtains 
made of thin cotton cloth. 
Cost. Since the profits that are made 
from the poultry business depend in part on 
the amount of so-called overhead charge, 
which includes interest on the money, taxes, 
and depreciation, it is obvious that the cost 
of construction of a henhouse skould be 
seriously considered. It is not necessary 
that any henhouse be double boarded, or 
sheathed, or plastered, or in any other way 
made unusually warm. It is only necessary 
that a henhouse be absolutely tight on three 
sides. A henhouse should be as simply and 
pieouly constructed as possible. The only 
