. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. COOP FOR FANCY BIRDS. This may be done and at no great outlay. Prepare an end piece, say twofeet wide at the bottom and two feet high, terminating at a point in the cen-ter. For the front use two pieces of board, one by two inches, mitered to-gether at top and stayed at bottom by cross stick. These three pieces shouldform a triangle of exactly the same size and shape as the outer surface ofthe rear board. Place the two ends three feet apar
. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. COOP FOR FANCY BIRDS. This may be done and at no great outlay. Prepare an end piece, say twofeet wide at the bottom and two feet high, terminating at a point in the cen-ter. For the front use two pieces of board, one by two inches, mitered to-gether at top and stayed at bottom by cross stick. These three pieces shouldform a triangle of exactly the same size and shape as the outer surface ofthe rear board. Place the two ends three feet apart, and put on the sides,which should be of clap-boards three and a half feet long. After both sideshave been covered, strike a hne down the ends of the siding and saw offsquare, leaving as much projection over the end pieces as possible, at least twoinches at each end. When nailing on the boards, hold an ax under the framesticks to prevent their jarring out of RUSTIC COOP FOR FANCY BIRDS. To finish the front dress out some half inch sticks two feet or less long, oneand a quarter inches wide, and put these on up and down with space of an inchand a half between them. Leave an open space ten inches wide in the center, 266 THE RABBIT CAGE. and to this fit a slat door made of same material, to work between two cleats,as shown in the illustration. The center sticks should be three inches longerthan the heights of the coop and a cross piece screwed to it, to work the trapdoor by. It will be found very handy, and if tastefully constructed somewhatornamental. Tlie Rustic Coop.—Where the fancy is to be indulged, a boy can sur-prise himself at the results of an effort at rustic work. In the first place hedoes not have to meet the very difificult operation of squaring of timberand making hair joints. The framework of the rustic coop may be after themanner of Coop for Fancy Birds, both ends made of triangular pieces andribs put on instead of boards, a
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