. American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs. Pigeons. 214 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE squab house should not be too far away on account of thieves or. meddlesome boys. The size of the plant, whether you live in town or the country, and the location of other buildings should govern to a large extent the location of your plant. You should select fairly level ground, if convenient, a space that will enable you to face your building to the south. An east or a north front is better than a west front, on account of the a
. American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs. Pigeons. 214 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE squab house should not be too far away on account of thieves or. meddlesome boys. The size of the plant, whether you live in town or the country, and the location of other buildings should govern to a large extent the location of your plant. You should select fairly level ground, if convenient, a space that will enable you to face your building to the south. An east or a north front is better than a west front, on account of the afternoon sun shining directly against the front of the building. The ground should be level and graded up in a way the water. CROSS SECTION OF SQUAB HOUSE Perspective view of aisle showing overhead chute and mating coops will run off and away from the squab house and fly pen. If you can secure a load or two of gravel, it is a good plan to cover the ground for some distance around the plant with it. This will assist in draining the water off and in keeping the ground from getting muddy in bad weather. Cinders will answer al- most as well, but gravel should be used in the fly pens, as cind- ers cut the birds' feet and do not furnish any grit for them to eat will. Cinders make a good thing to put under the squab house to keep the rats from digging under. The ideal conditions are to have the ground around the house and fly pen sown with grass seed, the fly pen covered with gravel, and the ground under the house filled up with cinders and gravel or cement walks leading to and around the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Eggleston, Ernest H. Warrenton, Mo. , American Pigeon Journal Co
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