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or two more will be needed to pay for the roofing 

 paper needed to cover it so that it will be suitable 

 for use in cold weather. Houses of this type have 

 been tested and proved wholly practical. Muslin 

 is used in place of glass, and being low, the house 

 is quite warm enough. 



Unless the question of ornamentation or archi- 

 tectural finish figures, a thoroughly satisfactory 

 house, as has been stated, need not cost more than 

 one dollar for each hen which is to occupy it. Con- 

 sidered purely from the financial standpoint, a poul- 

 try house should cost no more. Many practical 

 houses in which paying flocks are kept cost less. 

 Many houses, on the other hand, which have cost 

 much more have proved a failure. The writer once 

 visited an amateur's plant on which there was an 

 expensive house plastered on the inside and with a 

 stove- to keep it warm. It was large enough for 

 many score of fowls, but only a few lonesome-look- 

 ing birds were to be seen wandering about. 



Single boarded walls covered with roofing paper 

 are sufficient. Paper is also to be preferred for the 

 roof, as a rule, because it wears well when the roof 

 slopes toward the north and because the pitch of the 

 roof need not be as great as when shingles are em- 



