206 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE 



if the house is built on the Eggleston plan, before setting them 

 up in place. 



A single unit house should be 8x14 feet which allows for an 

 8x10 foot nest room and a 4x8 foot aisle. The aisle should be 

 in front; that is between the nest room and the fly pen. A 

 double unit house should be 16x14 feet which allows for two 

 8x10 foot nest rooms and a 4 foot aisle. A three unit house 

 24x14. A four unit house 32x14 and so on, adding 8 feet for each 

 additional unit. 



If one has the room it is much better to build a double unit 

 rather than a single unit house to start with as the expense 

 would be but little more and the house would be a better pro- 

 portioned building. 



FIRST — Build the floor the size your house is to be, 14x16 for 

 a double unit house for instance. To make the floor first make 

 a frame out of 2x4 lumber, take two 2x4's 14 feet long and 8 

 pieces 15 feet and 8 inches long. Place the 8 pieces 2 feet apart 

 and nail the two 14 feet pieces across the ends of same. Then 

 cover this framework with flooring. Floors for additional units 

 will be the same. 



SECOND — Build the two ends as follows: Make a frame 6 

 feet high at back, 7 feet high in front, 14 feet across the bottom 

 and 8 feet from the center of the gable to the ground. Make 

 the gable directly over the point where the partition will stand 

 between the aisle and the nest room. That is 4 feet back from 

 the front of the houSe nail in a 2x4 from the center of the gable 

 to the floor and provide for a door entering the aisle in one of 

 Vhe ends, depending upon the end the door will be most con- 

 venient for you to use. 



Then nail in two 2x4 scantling horizontally between the up- 

 right 2x4 at the rear and the upright 2x4 running down from 

 the center of the gable. The upper piece should be just under 

 the roof at the rear and the lower piece should be 45 inches 

 below the same. This will provide a space for a row of double 

 nests (see article, on how to build double nests) and a frame 

 on which to nail the siding, provided the siding is put on up 

 and down. 



THIRD — Make a frame the same size and manner as the end 

 frames for a partition between the squab rooms. Then set the 

 two ends and the partition up on the floor 8 feet apart, that is 



