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AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE 



If they are made 6 feet 4 inches nigh, they can be covered with 

 a 6-foot strip of wire. Shingle nails are better and much easier 

 to nail the wire on with than the little wire staples that come 

 with the wire. Drive the nails in about half way, hook the wire 

 over them, and then bend down. 



After these frames are made, then put the ends and partitions 



FLY PEN AND RUNNING BOARDS EGGLESTON CONSTRUCTION 

 You will note from the above drawing that the running- boards are 

 so arranged that a pigeon can reach the entrance above the door by- 

 three short flights. First from the ground to the front running board, 

 then to the side running board and on the running board above the door. 

 The cut shows the front running board extending through from one 

 unit to another. To do this the wire between the units will have to 

 be cut but short running boards can be put up in between the widths 

 of each unit without cutting the wire. It requires fewer boards when 

 extended clear through. 



up in place against the squab house, 8 feet apart, then nail a 

 2x4 across the front at top and another across at the bottom the 

 length of your fly pen, run a brace from the top center at each 

 end to the top comer of the same unit. 



These braces are necessary to keep the wire from bending 

 the 2x4 at each end when wire is stretched. This will complete 

 the frame work. 



