. Department circular. Agriculture. Fig. 9. â Gourd. S) â Jiingle Nesting Box. My first nesting boxes, all of which were successful, were made of old shingles, picked up from the ground when the barn was reshingled, and some pieces of old weathered boards removed from the ridgepole at that time. A square section about 3| inches in diameter was sawed from the ridgeboard for the top of the box, and another 4 inches wide w^as used for the bottom, the shingles being nailed to them (Fig. 10). A saw, hammer and jacknife and a few nails were the only tools and materials required. I have made such a b
. Department circular. Agriculture. Fig. 9. â Gourd. S) â Jiingle Nesting Box. My first nesting boxes, all of which were successful, were made of old shingles, picked up from the ground when the barn was reshingled, and some pieces of old weathered boards removed from the ridgepole at that time. A square section about 3| inches in diameter was sawed from the ridgeboard for the top of the box, and another 4 inches wide w^as used for the bottom, the shingles being nailed to them (Fig. 10). A saw, hammer and jacknife and a few nails were the only tools and materials required. I have made such a box in twelve minutes. These boxes were nailed up in elm, cherry and apple trees, and some happy fig. lo. families of bluebirds were raised, until at last the cats discovered them. A large number of shingles may be saved when a building is reshingled, and every year at the end of the season the old boxes may be taken down and burned, to do away with vermin, gypsy moths, etc., that may be concealed within. It takes but a short time to make 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 Massachusetts. Dept. of Agriculture. Boston, Mass.
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