200 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE 



SPEED AND ECONOMY VS. OLD FASHIONED METHODS 



The Eggleston improved methods will save much time and 

 lumber. An inexperienced person can, by following these articles 

 on construction, produce a more desirable and better looking 

 job in less time than an experienced workman can build along 

 old fashioned ideas. A carpenter or anyone handy with tools 

 can do much better by these methods than by his regular way 

 of doing such things. 



These methods apply to construction on a large or srnall scale, 

 whether for permanent or temporary purposes and although 

 they may seem complicated owing to the detailed description, 

 still a practical demonstration will prove that they are short 

 cut, simple easy ways of producing the best results. 



By following these plans, one will not only save in time, labor 

 and material in building, but will also realize the saving of 

 much time and labor every day thereafter to say nothing of the 

 many conveniences and the better results obtained. 



Adopt these plans in their entirety and you will obtain one- 

 hundred per cent results with the least amount of expense and 

 effort. 



THE KIND OF A SQUAB HOUSE TO BUILD 



Before constructing a squab house or rearranging a building 

 for squab raising purposes, one should familiarize himself with 

 the subject of squab raising and give some thought to the needs 

 of pigeons and how a squab house should be built and arranged 

 so as to be able to make it practical and efficient, or follow the 

 plans of those who know how squab houses should be built, 

 which is really the best way. 



The majority of people who start into the squab business or 

 who increase their squab plant will, in the course of a year or two, 

 make several changes in the plan of construction. This is due' 

 to lack of knowledge as to what is the best plan. It is true 

 that temporary arrangements can not always be made accord- 

 ing to plans and often a temporary squab house is so gradu- 

 ally worked into a permanent one that it is hard to follow 

 any definite lines in the way of construction, nesting arrange- 

 ments, etc. But if the person in charge of the construction 



