. The national standard squab book. Pigeons. SINGLE NEST-BOX CONSTRUCTION. (See Upper Picture). When the nest boxes are built of lumber (one-half an inch or five-eighths of an inch thick) the construc- tion shown in the upper drawing (surrounded by black line) should be em- ployed. The bottoms are not nailed, but slide in on cleats as shown. The re- sult is a sliding shelf. This shelf may be pulled out at cleaning timeand a better and quicker job of cleaning done. The nest bowl^s may be screwed directly to the bottoms of the nest boxes. If that is done, it will not be necessary to screw the ne
. The national standard squab book. Pigeons. SINGLE NEST-BOX CONSTRUCTION. (See Upper Picture). When the nest boxes are built of lumber (one-half an inch or five-eighths of an inch thick) the construc- tion shown in the upper drawing (surrounded by black line) should be em- ployed. The bottoms are not nailed, but slide in on cleats as shown. The re- sult is a sliding shelf. This shelf may be pulled out at cleaning timeand a better and quicker job of cleaning done. The nest bowl^s may be screwed directly to the bottoms of the nest boxes. If that is done, it will not be necessary to screw the nest bowls to blocks of wood, to give them stability. The nest boxes should be from ten inches to twelve inches square. DOUBLE NEST-BOX CONSTRUCTION. (See Lower Picture.) This double box is favored by many. It is comparativeljr new in de- sign. The picture was drawn and this description was written in February, 1913. Pages 45 to 50 of this book were put into type and plates made be- fore that date. This double nest box is a good one. The box has two feet frontage. The re- movable centre piece is ~ fourinches high, two feet frontage and one foot deep. The shelf or base- board, also removable, is deep enough so that a porch (or perch) four inches wide is left for the birds to alight on. This ^elf, or baseboard, slides on cleats, so the whole ''»,rp;;'r' arrangement, except the '^ vertical uprights, takes apart for cleaning. The number, are screwed to the baseboard in the centre of the two squares formed by the removable centre piece. Some builders prefer the single nest-box construction, others the double. It is a matter of individual preference. Eada style is good and we endorse both of /^einoviible cenfr'epkcer^^ 30. 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 Rice, Elmer C. Cambrid
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