126 THE PEOPLE'S PRACTICAL POULTRY BOOK. 



be finished to accommodate the kind of stock intended to be kept. If for 

 the large Asiatic fowls, the perches should be low, or the floor of their roost- 

 ing room may be covered with straw ; in which case it should be cleansed, 

 or the straw changed daily. The cupola is intended for a pigeon house. The 

 holes by which they enter should not be too large or numerous, and should 

 have a shelf at the entrance. The upper tier should have a roof or weather- 

 boarding over them to keep out the wet. An objection to a wooden pigeon 

 house is, that they are too cold in winter and too hot in summer ; but this 

 may be in a great measure prevented by making the wood double, with a 

 space of two or three inches between, which will form a non-conductor of 

 heat. 



