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SUCCESS WITH POULTRY 



COICBINED RELIABLE ROOST AND NEST BOX. 



No. 1 — Size 12x42, lid to drop box hinged on No. 2., 



No. 2. — Size 12x42, back to drop box hinged on No. 1. 



No. 3. — Size 10x42, front to drop box notched in both 

 ends to set on No. 4. 



No. 4. — Size 12x12, on one end and 6 inches high, 46 

 inches long, total length consists of end to drop box cut 

 down to six inches, making the side lower. 



No. 5. — Same as No. 4, only have opposite ends. 



No. 7. — 12x40 bottom of roost box to go inside ends 

 4 and 5. 



No. 8. — Bracket to fasten on back of No. 2 to hold 

 door of drop box up. 



No. 9. — 2'^x42, screw on over edge of No. 6 and fasten 

 on top ends 4* and 5. 



Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13.— Four pieces, 4v36 uprights for afst- 

 ening on side of Nos. 4 and 5 at bottom and 14 and 15 at top, 

 two on each side. 



Two pieces '6X36, notched in 1x4 for top roost Nos. 16 

 and 17 to set in. 



Nos. 16, 17. — Two pieces 4x48, top roost to go in notches 

 15 and 15. 



No. 18.— One piece 4x40 middle roost or step to fasten 

 between 10 and 13 (midway). 



No. 19. — Drop boards, 42x39, notched on four corners, 

 notching being 1x4 with hook on upper corner to - hook to 

 Nos. 14 and 15. 



No. 20 — 3x40 piece to hold board together to be under- "* 

 neath drop board, upper part. 



No. 21. — Piece 3x18 to hold drop piece together, to be 

 underneath below. 



Nos. 22, 23, 24, 25 — Two ends and two center partitions, 

 11x15 each, to divide spaces in Nest Box. 



No. 26.— 11x42.— Back to Nest Box. 



No. 27.— 15%x42, bottom of Nest Box. 



No. 28.— 15%x42, bottom of Nest Box. 



No. 29 — 3x42, front on lower edge of Nest Box. 



Nos. 30 and 31 — Two small pieces to fasten to 11 and 

 12 to hold up Nest Box. 



Nos. 30 and 31 are not necessary unless you desire to 

 have your Nest Box raised high enough that your chickens 

 can scratch underneath. Nest Box will set down upon Nos, 

 4 and 5 between 11 and 12 if Noa. 30 and 31 are not used. 

 These two small brackets we do not send with the roost. 

 The size of th« brackets should be 1 inch thick, 3 inches 



high, and 7 inches long. The lower end of No. 19 of the 

 drop board should set in the drop box on the upper edge of 

 No. 3 80 that it will give a gradual slope down and all litter 

 will naturally go into the box. The top of the drop box 

 and the inner side of the box is arranged so that it leaves 

 space enough when the top of the box is closed down for. 

 an easy ascent to this box. 



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Se!© rejiroduction, that will give you information and 

 teach you how to put this together. They can be put to- 

 gether with screws and taken apart at any time. 



iCombined Roost and Nest Boxes, which are used exclu- 

 sively on the Reliable Poultry Farm at Quincy, 111., and 

 which are exceptionally high class roosts, having advantages 

 over a great many other roosts in cleanliness, etc., and these 

 illustrations show both front and rear views. 



The nest boxes, which are removable, as will be noticed, 

 are arranged in the rear and underneath the dropping boards, 

 which keep them perfectly clean. The dropping boards are 

 arranged to carry all droppings to the hinged box in front, 

 which can be easily cleaned. This box should be kept closed, 

 as there is enough space back of the lid for the droppings 

 to pass by. 



should be kept closed, as there is enough space back of the 

 lid for the droppings to pass by. 



■ You will notice the roosts have a piece located on top,, 

 half way between the roost and dropping box, thus making 

 an easy ascent for the fowls. This roost has been admired 

 by a great many breeders. We herewith show you these 

 roosts, marked with figures, so that these rests can be made 

 by anyone with but very little trouble. 



Interior View of Double-Row Brooder House Showing Four 

 Sectional Brooders in Position. 



This house is designed especially for the double section- 

 al hot water circulating system brooder and is heated en- 

 tirely by lamps. This kind of a house «quipped with these 

 brooders are economical, as you can run either brooder in- 

 dependent by themselves ana 'is meant principally for smal- 

 ler breeders where only a 30 foot' house is needed. In this 

 style of a house, four, or more of these brooders can be 

 used to an excellent advantage. 



In the interior view of the house shown here, the wire 

 partitions, or room to the pens are omitted, so that a better 

 view can be obtained. The rear end of these partitions 

 should rest on top of the brooder just far enough back of 

 the hinges to where the door to the hover (one of which is 

 shown partly raised) to be opened from the aisle, in order 

 that the attendants can clean out underneath the hover .jach 

 day, without having to enter each pen. The pens can be 

 entered from the main aisle through the doors placed in the 

 end partitions. 



