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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 twent_y-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. 



FIG 43: 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 l^ored through the two by 

 four roost scantling C. It is designed that kerosene oil 

 be poured through D until 1! is filled and this will keep 

 the little red mites from crawling from the ground and 



