American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs . ofts. Another good plan is to build one or more rows of doublenests under the eaves of a barn or outbuilding, using the doublenest described herein with removable bottoms and short running 262 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE boards in front of each double nest, except make the upright infront of each nest so as to leave a place four inches squarefor them to go in and out of. This can be done by nailing aboard 16 inches long across the front of the two double nests, GROUND FLO
American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs . ofts. Another good plan is to build one or more rows of doublenests under the eaves of a barn or outbuilding, using the doublenest described herein with removable bottoms and short running 262 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE boards in front of each double nest, except make the upright infront of each nest so as to leave a place four inches squarefor them to go in and out of. This can be done by nailing aboard 16 inches long across the front of the two double nests, GROUND FLOOR PLAN FOR OUTDOOR PIGEON HOUSE which will leave a four-inch space open at each end of the16-inch board. (See drawings and article on outdoor housesfor birds that fly at liberty.) If care is taken in putting up thenest and they are painted and trimmed to match the barn tliearrangement can be made attractive and not an eyesore as PIGEONS THAT HAVE FREE RANGE 263 you might suspect. All the nest boxes should be made withremovable bottoms so they can be cleaned that are worth keeping at all are worth furnishing a. HOUSE CONSTRUCTION I OR BIRDS THAT FLY OUTThe above house is built in ihe 5=an?e manner fis Kggleston DoubleNests are constructed with the exception of the additional front pieceand with the exception that they are put up in a circuitous boards are removable and are easy to clean, 264 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE suitable place to build and the difference in squabs producedand time saved in their care ^^•ill more than offset the extratrouble to supply a suitable building place for them. The greatest objection to allowing birds to fly out is the ac-cumulation of extra odd males, and unless you have completecontrol over your flock and have a perfect check on them themales will naturally increase faster than the females. A femaleis more delicate, is more ape to die, is not as long lived as themale, is less apt to live to mating age and a female egg isless
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