. Barn plans and outbuildings . Fig. 323—A KEAT PIGEON HOUSE. Fig. 324—INTERIOR OF A LARGE PIGEON HOUSE HOUSE FOR SQUAB RAISING 321 cottage is very elaborate and will require a skillful handand patience to make it. Each story of the house shouldbe made separate, the lower one at least eight incheshigh and the lower piazza eight inches wide. The stonesupon the roof should be wired to the cross-strips. Those who go into pigeon raising as a matter of profitshould make suitable arrangements for the birds, and notonly provide them with a desirable house, but see totheir feeding, and, what is quite
. Barn plans and outbuildings . Fig. 323—A KEAT PIGEON HOUSE. Fig. 324—INTERIOR OF A LARGE PIGEON HOUSE HOUSE FOR SQUAB RAISING 321 cottage is very elaborate and will require a skillful handand patience to make it. Each story of the house shouldbe made separate, the lower one at least eight incheshigh and the lower piazza eight inches wide. The stonesupon the roof should be wired to the cross-strips. Those who go into pigeon raising as a matter of profitshould make suitable arrangements for the birds, and notonly provide them with a desirable house, but see totheir feeding, and, what is quite important, insure pro-tection from cats, rats and all other enemies. A houseof this kind is shown in the accompanying outside. Figure 323, is ten by sixteen feet, eight feethigh at the eaves, with a tight, shingled roof. Figure 324shows one side of the interior, where there are platforms,K, K, upon which the birds enter, and which holds threenesting and hatching boxes, P, P. A building of thiskind should be placed where it can be shaded byt
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