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The ladder makes it hard to cateh birds and it also deprives 

 them of a chanee to streleli out and sun tlieniselxes properh-. 

 Tlien too it \\\U ))0 noticed that I do not allo\\' the l)irds to 

 lia\e Ihe roof of ttie liousc as a smniing and lighting place. 

 It has hceii fiiiuid h\' me, tor I have owned lefts of this descrip- 

 tion, that tlie action of tin' jiiKeon manure on the roofing ma- 

 terial is \('r>' detrimental, causing the roofing material to be- 

 come ^\•orthless in a short «hile. Aside from this it is extremely' 

 hard to catch birds in a i)en A\here they have access to the roof 

 of the house. 



I have iiuhlished lierewith a bill for material for each house 

 that I lunc i)lanned. I believe this is the first time that this 

 has e\('i' been done with S(|uab ho\ise plans. 



The Open Front House. 



In this t.\ pc of house we find an almost ideal one for warm 

 climati>s and also for those where it does not get extremely 

 cold. The idea for this hous(> is one that was gotten from one 

 of \'er\' similar iNjie seen at the plant of a very prominent 

 South Carolina C.arneau fauciiu' sorue yi'ars ago. Being so 

 favorably imi)ressed with the idea the writer built a three 

 section house of this type and has found it absolutely satis- 

 factory iu excry resiiect, in fact, I consider it a hard one to beat. 

 In bvuldiiiK niv three-pen house I made a slight mistake in 

 that it was made only six feet ■\\'ide in each section instead of 

 eight as tluw' should have been. In making the working draw- 

 ings shown here this error has been rectified and I believe this 

 width will be found better. 



This tyjie of house admits plenty of fresh air and there is 

 nothing lietter for ]iigeons pro\ ided there are no drafts. By 

 closing just :\ part of the front we cut ont a draft across the 

 nests \ et we hvn e enough of the front open to admit all of the 

 fresh air that is needed. The hooiled roof is a good idea in that 

 it kee|is all i-ain out and if the house should contain more than 

 one pen the breeder can go from one to the other, tln'ongh the 

 gates, under this hood. This is especially good in rainy vreather 



