. The book of poultry. Poultry. 166 STANDARD-BRED POULTRY MANAGEMENT § 3 top is nailed down ventilation is secured through the openings on the sides. This same construction may also be applied to the boxes shown in (a) and (b). Box coops, such as those shown in Fig. 4, should be made of |-inch lumber planed on both sides. The comer posts should be 1, 1|, or 1| inches square, according to the size of the box, and the floor should be securely fastened to cleats between the comer posts. A shipping coop should be as light in weight as possible, but it should not be so frail as to endanger the safe
. The book of poultry. Poultry. 166 STANDARD-BRED POULTRY MANAGEMENT § 3 top is nailed down ventilation is secured through the openings on the sides. This same construction may also be applied to the boxes shown in (a) and (b). Box coops, such as those shown in Fig. 4, should be made of |-inch lumber planed on both sides. The comer posts should be 1, 1|, or 1| inches square, according to the size of the box, and the floor should be securely fastened to cleats between the comer posts. A shipping coop should be as light in weight as possible, but it should not be so frail as to endanger the safety of a fowl in transit or to cause the transportation com- pany to make an extra charge because of its fragility. Care should always be taken to nail cleats about the top and bottom outside of the coop. Such cleats will prevent the coops from being too closely crowded together during transit, and thus aid in preventing the fowls from suffering for a lack of air. Other styles of shipping coops are made of paper and wood. 65. Willow baskets and hampers are largely used in Eng- land both for shipping poultry to shows and to all parts of the world. There, it is the custom for a person who buys fowls from another and has them shipped to him in baskets or ham- pers to return the packages to the shipper. Round baskets of different styles of weaves and of different sizes are shown in. 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 McGrew, Thomas Fletcher, 1850-1930. New York, The Macmillan Company
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