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lessen snow damage, covers the pen, and it is supported by five-inch white 

 cedar beams, 16 feet long, resting on six-inch posts, which are 10 feet long 

 and placed 14 feet apart. The beams (Figures 3-B and 3-C) overlap some 

 3 or 4 feet, are shaped with an adze so as to interlock and, further, are 

 lashed with wire to prevent the weight of heavy snows from pulling them 

 down. Braces of 2 x 6 stuff are nailed to every third row of the posts 

 supporting the roof at right angles to the white cedar beams. See Figure 3-B. 

 Posts supporting the beams are set with 3 feet of their length under ground. 

 Posts used in constructing the side of the pen are placed 7 feet apart. 



In one corner of the pen is placed a coop for shelter and as an aid in 

 catching up birds. It is pictured in Figure 3-D. The dimensions are: 

 height, front, 6 feet; rear, 3 feet; 16 feet long x 7J/2 feet wide. A three- 

 foot door gives admission. Roosts of poles placed 2 or 3 feet from the 

 ground are provided both in the coop and outside in the pen and, in addi- 

 tion, evergreens are arranged around some of the posts which support the 

 top of the pen and in the corners, to provide cover. Evergreens are also 

 placed on either side of some of the pen roosts, forming excellent protection 

 from the weather. 



THE HURDLE PEN. A convenient type of pen for the small breeder 

 is constructed by the use of wired-frame units known as "hurdles." See 

 sketch, Figure 4. These are employed more in England than in this coun- 

 try, but they constitute a cheap form of construction, are adapted to 

 almost any situation, and pens constructed of them are easily moved. A 

 --en- - N frame 6x6 feet is 



f constructed of 2 x 3 

 stuff and covered 

 with 1-inch poultry 

 netting. Over this 

 at the bottom is 

 nailed burlap or roof- 

 ing paper 3 feet wide, 

 which serves to pre- 

 vent the disturbing 

 of the birds by dogs 

 and passersby. The 

 top edge of the bur- 

 lap is nailed to a 

 piece of 2 x 3 which 



1-Inch Poultry Netting 



Over En h re Frame 



Burlap (Over 

 Nefhng) 



I I FIGURE 4. Sketch of 

 i-i hurdle employed in 



constructing pen for 



adult ringnecks. 



