American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs . ards intohrn ?rrt^f ^^df^^^ath. Use nails long enough to go almost •«n hf 1 ftn T ^^f• ^^^^ ^ ^^^^ the nest partitioncan be lifted out of the pattern rack completed with cleats onboth sides and will be so constructed that it can be used eitherend up. 230 AMERICAN SQUAB PULTtTRE The 12 inch wide upright partitions are made exactly thesame as the 18 inch wide partitions except cleats 12 inches longare used instead of cleats 18 inches long. If % inch square cleats are u
American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs . ards intohrn ?rrt^f ^^df^^^ath. Use nails long enough to go almost •«n hf 1 ftn T ^^f• ^^^^ ^ ^^^^ the nest partitioncan be lifted out of the pattern rack completed with cleats onboth sides and will be so constructed that it can be used eitherend up. 230 AMERICAN SQUAB PULTtTRE The 12 inch wide upright partitions are made exactly thesame as the 18 inch wide partitions except cleats 12 inches longare used instead of cleats 18 inches long. If % inch square cleats are used the form or pattern tablemust be made with 3,4 \uv]\ cleats instead of iucli s({uare cleats. How to Fasten Up Eggleston Double Nests To fasten up the Eggleston Double Nests, nail a 2x4 horizon-tally, about IN inches from the floor on to a blank wall againstwhich the nests are to l)e placed. Then 45 inches above the 2x4nail another one horizontally, the 4 inch side to tbe wall in bothcases. It is presimied that one end of the row of nests will start froman end wall in which case, nail the first 18 inch wide upright. ^ - - ~^ ^ ~ NEST BOTTOM nest partition, cleated on one side only against the end wallwith the back edge between the 2x4s above mentioned. Then nail a 12 inch upright nest partition between the 2x4s,111/4 inch away from the end—then an 18 inch partition and a12 inch alternately, lll^ inch apart until you get the entire nestunit uj). To fasten these upriglit partitions in place, nail through theend ( leat at the bottom of each partition into the lower horizon-tal 2x4 and toe-nail Ihiougb tbe upjxr 2x4 into tbe toj) cleats ofthe partitions. To determine the exact distance the nest partitions should beapart, first mark off the spaces 11% inches wide on the top ofthe lower horizontal 2x4 which allows 11 inches for tb< nestl)ottom, 1/2 incb for tbe thickness of each partition and 14 i^^^^ EQUIPMENT AND LOFT NECESSITIES 231 leeway to make the nest bottoms eas
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