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into the end of the pipe. All expensive Martin houses should be erected 

 on a pole provided with a pair of barn-door hinges and a clasp for locking 

 securely in position, and for lovv^ering the same and placing in the dry dur- 

 ing the winter. This is done by casing 2 feet of the lower end of the 

 pipe in a box made of 2-inch joists, and hinging it to the top end of a 

 solid piece of oak or locust, 8 or lO inches square and 3 feet long, placed in 

 the ground to a depth of 2J/2 feet. 



Photographed by M. S. Crosby, at Rhinebeek, N. Y. 



Photographed by R. W. Hegner, at Decorah, la. 



Photographed by F. M. Chapman, at Englcwood, N.J. 

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