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or burlap in cold weather. (See Figure 126.) In the South 

 more open space may be given to the front of the house 

 and a curtain provided where necessary for cool nights. 

 (See Figure 128.) The front of the house should be high 

 enough so that the opening or windows will permit the sun 

 to shine well back into the house during the winter. 



The walls of the house may consist of one or two thick- 

 nesses of boards, depending upon the climate. In an ex- 

 tremely cold section the rear wall of the house may be 

 built of either two thicknesses of boards covered on the inside 

 with building or roofing paper, or built with double walls 

 with a dead air space between, the inside wall being covered 



with roofing paper. In 

 sections of moderate cli- 

 mate one thickness of 

 boards will suffice and, 

 when built of unmatched 

 lumber, the cracks should 

 be covered with narrow 

 strips to prevent drafts. 

 Partitions. In long 

 continuous houses, 

 whether they are divided 

 into pens or not, there 

 should be a solid parti- 

 tion from the back of the house to the front part of the 

 dropping board and extending to the ceiling at intervals of 

 from 20 to 30 feet. (See Figure 144.) This arrangement 

 eUminates the possibility of drafts' affecting the birds at 

 night while on the roost. When the house is divided into 

 pens, the lower 3 feet of the partition should be solid to pre- 

 vent the males in the different pens from fighting and the 

 other part composed of wire netting. Solid partitions 

 should be built across the entire house at a distance of every 



Figure 139. — The framework of a colony 

 house shown in Figure 122. Note how 

 the framework is braced to prevent 

 racking when the house is moved. 



