CKAPTFH V 



HOUSING 



No Xfi'il of I ii'n,-inicTil;il Ijc.ris — I vsci-ipi iun of Matorials to nc Used — 

 I''l\' I'l'iis — Th.' i>i"ii l''ioin Hou.si — Bill of JIaterial for the Open 

 I'roiil I Ions. — Two i',11 rit;,.oTi Housi- iiud Fly, with Bill of Ma- 

 Iriial — 'I'lH.i' r.ii riKcM.n Housi- w ilh Bill of Material — Individual 

 liiinl BreedinK l''n wilh l;ill of JIaterial — Monitor Type Syuab 

 House with Bill of .M.ii. I i.il — The Squab Dressing- Plant \vith Bill 

 of Material — Ijayout ol' a Blant to Aeconimodate 1000 ["'airs of 

 I 'igeons. 



In the first chaptfr of tliis book I made the assertion that a 

 lirctt'utioiis lionii' is not iicrcssary for Ijreeding squabs. This 

 is \('ry true and while a more or less ordinary loft will do for 

 a while, llic liriMMlcr should stri\(' to house his liirds in lietter 

 honu's; ones which are so designed as to lie sanitary, romforta- 



SQUAB BREEDIN'G PENS 

 Photo from Jack M. Pun, Stockton, Calif. 



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