The national standard squab book . theunit house. You can multiply this unit as many times as youplease and get as large a house as you wish, or you may adda unit from time to time, just as you add unit bookcases toaccommodate the growth of the modern library can erect these units separately, or attach one unit to theother so that you have one long building. The nest boxes are built of boxing and set in a vertical rowat the back of the house, forming a wall between which andthe north side of the house is a three-foot passageway. Youcan buy this boxing at a saw-mill all cut, ten by
The national standard squab book . theunit house. You can multiply this unit as many times as youplease and get as large a house as you wish, or you may adda unit from time to time, just as you add unit bookcases toaccommodate the growth of the modern library can erect these units separately, or attach one unit to theother so that you have one long building. The nest boxes are built of boxing and set in a vertical rowat the back of the house, forming a wall between which andthe north side of the house is a three-foot passageway. Youcan buy this boxing at a saw-mill all cut, ten by eleven inches,the dimensions of the nest, and if you get it in this shape youcan put the boxes together with as much ease as a child buildsa dolls house. You will have no doubts as to the squarenessand plumbness of the structure when you have it up. Takelong lengths of boxing eleven inches wide for the shelvingwhich should form the top and bottom of the nest boxes, thenset the ten-inch by eleven-inch pieces the proper distance 37. P SO o p CO 38 THE UNIT HOUSE 39 apart. The finished nest will be eleven inches from front toback, ten inches from top to bottom, and about ten inchesfrom one partition to the other (or whatever distance theproper distribution of your nests in pairs permits). We have found five-eighths-inch boxing to be the bestsuited. Build the nest boxes up from floor to roof perfectlyplain, just as the pigeon-holes of a desk run. The nest boxes should be perfectly plain, made of simpleboxing in the manner described. Do not build up a piece ofboxing at the front part of the nest to prevent the nest bowlfrom being pushed out. Early in our experience we builtnests in this way, but soon changed them over to the simplerform, on account of the difficulty of keeping them clean. Thedroppings bank up at the front of such a nest box. Pigeons, especially a new flock in a new home, breed bestin a house which is somewhat dark, and not too glaring withlight. If your window is si
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