30 POULTRY APPLIANCES AND HANDICRAFT 



in the four beams, and then would require only four 

 pieces of timber. Perches are fourteen inches high, 

 made of two by fours, and are twenty-two inches wide. 

 The perches are not mortised all the way through and 

 are not fastened. 



Vermin Proof The preceding cut, Figure 45, 

 shows the supports of the roost protected by an oil cup. 



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LOW IMPROVED ROOST 



In Figure 46 appears a somewhat similar device, where 

 the pole rests on the point of a malleable iron bracket. 

 In the illustration, A is a saucer-shaped collar, B the 

 cavity in the collar, D a hole bored through the two by 

 four roost scantling C. It is designed that kerosene oil 

 be poured through D until B is filled and this will keep 

 the little red mites from crawling from the ground and 



