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side of plate, the lower end projecting about eight 

 inches, and mitered to nail a gutter to. It is best 

 economy to set rafters two feet apart. All outside 

 boarding is lengthwise of building, and is cheapest 

 hemlock boards, put on with as small cracks as pos- 

 sible, then covered with, first, sheathing ; then, roofing- 

 paper. This is put on lengthwise of building, also, 

 each strip lapping about three inches, and secured 

 with the tin head nails provided with each roll. We 

 add battens, stripped one-half inch thick from seven- 

 eighth-inch boards, putting them on over the rafters^ 

 two feet apart. We give the roofing paper a coat o£ 



FIG. 4 — NEST BOXES 



paint, and also paint the battens before putting them 

 on, then put on a second coat of paint over battensv 

 and all. A twelve-light window of eight by ten-inch. 

 glass is set in the middle of front of roosting room, 

 and a half-window is set in each partition between 

 shed and pen. 



The roost platform is three feet wide, as long as 

 will go easily in between the partitions, and rests upon 

 strips of furring securely nailed to the partitions, the 

 top of rest being twenty inches above floor. The plat- 

 form we make of matched boards, and edge it with 

 a strip of furring all around, so that it is a shallow pan 

 one and a half inches deep. The two roosts are of two 

 by three-inch scantling slightly rounded on top. and 

 are fifteen inches apart, the rear one bemg ten inches 

 from the back wall. The bank of nest boxes, ex- 

 plained by the illustration, Figure 4, is set under the 



