. St. Nicholas [serial] . If you are a city boy, you may have toconstruct a little board cabin in the back yardor on the roof of the building in which youlive. In either case, try to have your loft atleast six feet long by six feet wide and fromsix to eight feet high. Bear in mind the fact that the worst enemy of health is lack of sunlight and fresh foes of pigeoiis are dogs, cats, rats, andweasels. You must, therefore, choose as higha place as possible, where the sun will .strikethe loft for at least an hour or two during theday. A southern exposure is desirable, but notabsolutely n
. St. Nicholas [serial] . If you are a city boy, you may have toconstruct a little board cabin in the back yardor on the roof of the building in which youlive. In either case, try to have your loft atleast six feet long by six feet wide and fromsix to eight feet high. Bear in mind the fact that the worst enemy of health is lack of sunlight and fresh foes of pigeoiis are dogs, cats, rats, andweasels. You must, therefore, choose as higha place as possible, where the sun will .strikethe loft for at least an hour or two during theday. A southern exposure is desirable, but notabsolutely necessary. If there are any rat-holes near the place, fill them with plenty ofbroken glass, the sharper the better. If thetrap and aviary mentioned later are eightfeet above the ground, you will have little tofear from dogs or cats. A person looking at a pigeon-loft from theoutside sees little more than a window or two,a shelf fastened to the wall, and a box-shaped 1920.] HOW TO BUILD AND OPERATE YOUR OWN PIGEON-LOFT 617. A TRAVELING PIGEON-LOFT wire cage near it. The window is to givelight; the shelf or platform gives the pigeonsa landing-place when they fly to the loft. Thewire cage is the aviary in which they can takea sun-bath on mild days. The platform .should be at least two feetsquare; three feet long by two feet wide isbetter, ^ou can fasten it to the side of thebarn or cabin with two shelf-brackets such asany hardware store sells, or you can easily?make the brackets of wooden strips. Threenails at A, B, and C (Figure i), will make thebracket secure. Fasten the two brackets to theboards which are to be the platform before younail the brackets to the side of the cut a hole in the wall, two feet long andone foot high, about three or four feet abovethe floor inside of the loft. This is the en-trance through which the pigeons may passfrom the platform into the loft. Nail thebrackets, to which you have already fastenedthe platform, to the side of the building at
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