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covered with adobe such as is used in the wall. The adobe protects 
the paper and adds weight and warmth to the roof. 
1 he house is plastered on the inside with a mortar made of sand 
and common soil. We used as much sand as could be put in without 
making the plaster crumble. It has not cracked at all and is as hard 
and smooth as lime plaster, but it will not stand wetting. This makes 
as good a poultry house as it is possible to make. It is neat, warm 
and light. The muslin front furnishes light and ventilation without 
draft. 
1 he cost of building is shown below: 
Cement $1.80, lumber, nails, etc. $29.44 .$ 31.24 
Man labor . 114 hours 
Team labor . 42 hours 
Store Room, or Smoke House. 
The smoke house is 14x14 inside. The side walls are 10 inches 
thick and the end walls 12 inches thick. The height is seven feet at 
the eaves and nine feet at the gabels. It is built on the same plan as 
the poultry house, except that we have two four-light single-sash win¬ 
dows instead of curtains. It is plastered with cement instead of 
earth. We have four 2x4 pieces crosswise just beneath the plates. 
Boards can be laid on these to form a small attic in which to store 
things. 
The cost is as follows : 
Cement $3.00, lumber, nails and paper $21.87.$ 24.87 
Man labor . 131 hours 
1 earn labor . 42 hours 
I he question will probably be asked why it took so much longer 
to lay up the walls of the smoke house than to lay the walls of the 
poultry house when there is really a little more wall in the latter. 
1 his can be easily explained. The men who laid the poultry house walls 
had continuous work ano the advantage of experience and knew just 
how to go at it. But, the smoke house was built at odd times, and by 
severel different men, each having to learn his trade 
THINGS TO BE EMPHASIZED. 
1. Line your posts and plumb them carefully, and your walls are 
bound to be straight and plumb. 
2. Be sure to make good joints between layers. 
3 . Never allow adobe to get hard before trimming - . 
4. Lever allow dry or untramped chunks of sod to enter the wall. 
5. Never allow water to settle against the walls. 
Cement and block off on the outside and you have a very attractive 
and durable house. 
