58 PROFITABLE TIGEON BREEDING 



Layout of a Plant to Accommodate 1000 Pairs of Pigeons. 



When the writer made up his mind to pubUsh this book he 

 decided to endeavor to gi\"e his readers something different 

 from the usual tilings that ha\c been published heretofore and 

 I believe I am publishing llere'^^■ith something that has never 

 been shown in any other book on the subject of pigeons, at 

 least the writer has never seen it. 



I am ))ositi^■o that in tin' next fe\\' >'ears a goodly mnnber 

 of large squab plants will be built. Tliose \'\'ho contemplate 

 such as this now have an opportiuiity of having a \\ell laid-out 

 scheme to \\ork to for I am showing a layout for a modern 

 pigeon plant to house one thousand pairs of breeding bii'ds. 



In making this layout I have used my open front house 

 shown on plan number one and have therefore allowed for each 

 loft to accommodate twenty pairs of birds, the fifty lofts there- 

 fore accommodating one thousand pairs. The arrangement of 

 the sections permits plenty of sunlight and air around each one. 



There has been provided two large youngster pens wherein 

 young stock from the best pairs may be reared each year to 

 take the place of the older birds or to be sold as breeding stock. 



At the entrance end of the plant we have a squab dressing 

 plant and a feed house both of \'\liicli ar<', of coiuse, essential. 



In selecting a plot of ground on which to build a plant one 

 should not o\ crlook a ^ er>' inii)ortant Jioint, namely, drainage. 

 Select a dry piece of grouiul where tiie drainage \\ill be natural 

 and rjuick, as sloppy, mudd\' ground is not at all desirable 

 around a squab plant. 



We have dimensioned our layout so that it will be an easy 

 matter for any one to stake out the buildings and then build 

 them by the plans which we have referred to and which arc^ 

 shown elsewhere in this book. 



