. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. TO HOLD NETTING AT BOTTOM 131 matter to return and staple the wire to each post individually, stretching it slightly here and there as it is required. To hold the bottom of the netting in place and make it hug the ground closely, drive stakes at intervals of three or four feet— two stakes between the posts are generally sufficient—and secure the netting to them by a staple. Discarded wooden fence palings are splendid for this purpose, especially if they are tapered. Drive the largest end in the ground first, for a distance of about eighteen inches, where
. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. TO HOLD NETTING AT BOTTOM 131 matter to return and staple the wire to each post individually, stretching it slightly here and there as it is required. To hold the bottom of the netting in place and make it hug the ground closely, drive stakes at intervals of three or four feet— two stakes between the posts are generally sufficient—and secure the netting to them by a staple. Discarded wooden fence palings are splendid for this purpose, especially if they are tapered. Drive the largest end in the ground first, for a distance of about eighteen inches, whereupon they are less likely to heave upward by frost action. The life of these stakes will be prolonged if they are first dipped or soaked in a wood preservative, or else Fig. 91.—Poultry house at Wisconsin College of Agriculture. By the use of stakes in this manner, especially in a light soil, it is possible to sink the netting six inches into the ground with- out difficulty, which in some respects is better than the wooden base boards, the bottoms of which soon rot away, or under which the fowls are able to dig their way to freedom. Moreover, with a little practice one wiil soon develop the skill and judgment of being able to drive the stakes with just enough tension on the netting to stretch it perfectly flat and tight. Chick Runs.—For inclosing yards intended for chicks, a course of inch mesh wire netting should be used at the bottom, twelve or eighteen inches high is sufficient, to which the coarser mesh netting is fastened by pieces of pliable wire bound around the two selvage 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 Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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