Kennel secrets - how to breed, exhibit, and mannage dogs (1904) (14586628028)

Identifier: kennelsecretshow00perr (find matches)
Title: Kennel secrets : how to breed, exhibit, and mannage dogs
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Perry, Joseph Franklin, 1846-
Subjects: Dogs Dogs -- Diseases
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown and Co.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University



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HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF IVEWCASTI-E. KENNELLING. 85 in between them with small stones; cement the top andpoint the sides. This foundation ought to be two feet in depth, and atleast one barrel of cement with as much gravel as cansafely be mixed with it should be used in its constructionif the contemplated building is of the size about to beadvised. And the floor timbers laid on it there will beabsolutely no danger of dampness from the ground. If intended for two small dogs or one large one thekennel should be nine or ten feet in length; five feet inwidth ; height at the front nine feet, and at the backseven feet. The timbers should be of spruce, free from large knots,sap or shakes, and of the following dimensions : — Sills, 4x4; posts, 4x4; studs, 4x2 — double at open-ings, sixteen inches on centres; plates, 4x2; rafters, 4x2— twenty inches on centres ; floor joists, 6x 2 — eighteeninches on centres, — and these should be furred up on therear and one end so that the floor wh