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PROFITABLE PIGEON BREEDING 



nest bottoms are not nailed to tlic cleats, on which thoy rest, 

 but arc laid in on them and are, therefore, removable for clean- 

 ing. The bottom of any type of nests shoulil be so constructed 

 as it is the most sanitary and efficient method of construction. 

 In one typo of the single nest system, there is a board nailed 

 across the front of the nests Tins board is a one inch hv four 



A TYPE OF SINGLE NESTS COMMONLY USED 

 Photo from W. T. Helm. El Rio, Oxnard. l^alif. 



inch strip. This is done to keei) the nesting material in the 

 nest and the \o\mg squabs from falling out of the nests. 

 However, where one uses nest bowls this strip is hardly nec- 

 essary and may be omitted entirely. 



Another type of single nest has both the front strip across 

 the nests and the cleats are made so long as to carr\' a rumiing 

 board outside of and across the front of the nests. This type is 

 the authoi-'s choice as it provides a lighting |)lace for the birds 



