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FIGURE 2. This shows how the movable pens for adult ringnecks are made intercommu- 

 nicating by raising the hinged flap at the end. 



At the New York Farms these pens are placed end to end, made inter- 

 communicating by means of the hinged flap noted in the drawing, and used 

 for confining the birds during the winter. Mr. Rogers states that he has 

 found .19 gauge wire better than heavier material. Wire galvanized after 

 weaving is much more durable. On some farms the wire is dipped in hot 

 tar as a preservative. 



In moving these pens, one is boarded over the bottom and the birds 

 are driven in it and confined till the move is completed. Fish netting is sub- 

 stituted for wire on the pen thus employed to keep the birds from injuring 

 themselves. Figure 2 shows how the pens are made intercommunicating. 



WIRE VERSUS FISH NETTING. The European war has caused a 

 heavy increase on the cost of wire netting used in enclosing and covering 

 pens, and prices are subject to frequent and rapid fluctuations. At this 

 writing, early November, 1915, the New Jersey Wire Cloth Company, 219 

 Fulton Street, New York City, quotes as follows the meshes principally 

 employed in game farming: 



Length 

 150 ft. 

 150ft. 

 150ft. 



Mesh 

 2-inch 

 IJ^-inch 

 1-inch 



Width 

 6 ft. 

 6ft. 

 6ft. 



Gauge 

 19 

 19 

 19 



Price 



$5.62^ 



Wire cloth, used principally in quail breeding, is quoted 5 cents a 

 square foot net, for both the J^ths and J^-inch meshes. The mesh in the 



