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part of the front wall for the attendant to pass through 

 when the curtain is open. A door 16 inches high and 18 

 inches wide is arranged under one of the windows for the 

 birds to pass through to yards in front. It is placed close 

 down to the floor. A similar door is in the center of the back 

 wall to admit them to the rear when that yard is used. 



A light frame, made of 1 x 3 inch pine strips and 1x6 

 inch cross ties, is covered with 10-ounce white duck and 

 hinged at the top of the front opening, which it covers 

 when closed down. This curtain is easily turned up into 

 the room where it is caught and held by swinging hooks 

 until it is released. 



The roost platform is made tight and extends along the 

 whole length of the room against the back wall. It is 4 

 feet 10 inches wide and 3 feet above the floor, high enough 

 so that a person can get under it comfortably when neces- 

 sary to catch or handle the birds. There are three roosts 

 framed together in two 10-feet sections. They are one foot 

 above the platform and hinged to the back wall so they 

 may be turned up out of the way when the platform is being 

 cleaned. The back roost is 12 inches from the wall and 

 the spaces between the next two are 16 inches. They are 

 made of 2 x 3 spruce stuff, placed on edge, with the upper 

 corners rounded off. The roosting closet is shut off from 

 the rest of the room by curtains, similar to the one de- 

 scribed above. For convenience in handling, there are two 

 of them, each 10 feet long. They are 3 feet wide and are 

 hinged at the top so as to be turned out and hooked up. 

 The space above this curtain is ceiled up and in it are two 

 openings each 3 feet long, and 6 inches wide, with slides for 

 ventilating the closet when necessary. There is a door in 

 every partition, placed 5 inches out from the edge of the 

 roost platform. They are 3 feet wide and 7 feet high; 

 they are divided in the middle, lengthwise, and each half 

 is hung with double acting spring hinges, allowing them 

 to swing open both ways and close. 



Construction of Nests and Feed Troughs. 



Ten nests are placed against the partition in each end 

 of the room, in two tiers. They are of ordinary form, each 

 nesting space being one foot wide, one foot high and 2 feet 



