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The Hen at Work 



A PAPER COOP 



Having a flock of fifty chickens a month old to 

 move out into the open, a house was needed that 

 would shelter them all and allow room for a small 

 hover. As time, labor, and expense were impor- 



Floor of the paper coop. This is made of 

 hoards securely nailed together 



tant items (they always are in poultry yards) 

 wall-board was selected for construction. 



The wall-board was merely heavy paper stock, 

 without wooden filling, or stays of any kind, one 

 fourth of an inch thick, and would hold nails well. 

 It cost three cents a square foot. 



