44 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 
crate empty and folded, also the top, or cover, with its 
trap-door. Theentire frame-work is of any tough wood. 
—ash is best-—one and a half to two inches square, ac- 
cording to size of crate. The bottom is half-inch pine. 
The wire used is common fence wire. The sides (Fig. 
98) are hinged to the bottom, or floor, and when folded 
lie flat on the bottom. On the top of the side, two pins, 
a, a, iron or wood, fit into holes in frame of the cover. 
The sides are hinged to pieces which are screwed to the 
bottom, and when folded lie up on the sides. Through 
the top of the sides are two three-sixteenth-inch holes, 
¢, c, into which bolts of the same size are passed, and, 
entering holes s, s, in the cover, hold it down. When 
the crate is folded these bolts are withdrawn from the 
holes ¢, c, and passed through the holes e, e, in the 
bottom piece of the same side, and then through holes 
in cover, and hold the whole crate solid and flat for ship- 
ping. Thumb-nuts should be put on these bolts, requir- 
ing no wrench. 
The crate can be made of any size desired. A crate 
holding three to five dozen chickens is usnally large 
enough. Inshipping long distances care should be taken 
