A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



which every storm beats, entirely prohibits 

 any breeding in the winter. Even in the 

 summer many young ones are sacrificed to 

 the elements. 



To insure a profitable return, pigeons must 

 be adequately cared for. A small house, 

 built almost like chicken quarters, eight by 

 twelve, with a yard as long and as high as 

 the cash to be expended on wire netting 

 permits, will accommodate twenty-five pairs. 

 There must be a window facing south; and 

 two feet from the roof in front, an opening 

 two feet long and one high, with an eight- 

 inch board running along it inside and out, 

 as a platform for the birds to rest on. This 

 opening should have a shutter to close on 

 very cold nights. 



For inside fittings provide small boxes 

 two feet long (empty egg crates are just the 

 thing, the dividing partitions being already 

 there), an eight-inch platform running in 

 front, or a perch extending a foot out in 

 front of each compartment. These individual 



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