Pigeons Birds 
health. On either side the window is an exit 6 x 6 
inches, with rounded top, and an alighting board 6 
inches wide on the outside, and also on the inside 
of each exit. There should be four rows of nests at 
the back. The nest compartments should be made 
of shelves a foot wide and spaced a foot apart. 
These shelves should be partitioned with narrow 
boards into spaces a foot wide. The shelves should 
be removable so that they may be taken out to be 
cleaned if necessary. The house is really kept much 
cleaner if nesting bowls are used. These bowls are 
made for the purpose, and are sold by the makers of 
floral pottery for green-houses. However, they are 
necessary only when squab-raising is planned. 
There should be five rows of nests along the side. 
The house completed, we next have to consider 
the fly, or the gymnasium in front of it. This is not 
necessary if the pigeons are allowed to fly about the 
country freely; but it is always a good thing to have 
in case it is desirable to confine the birds. To pre- 
pare the ground for the fly, mark out a space in 
front of the house 8 feet wide, or just the width of 
the house, and 14 feet long. Take out all the earth 
for a depth of 4 inches, and fill the place excavated 
with clean sand and place at the corners four 2 x 3 
inch hemlock posts, 8 feet above ground. These 
posts should be held in place by I x 4 inch boards, 
nailed to the top and connecting them. One board 
should be nailed about mid-way the height of the 
post, and another along the bottom. Space the mid- 
dle board so that chicken wire 4 feet wide may be 
used for the bottom section, and that 3 feet wide for 
the upper section. On the inside of the board, at. 
the middle of the post, should be a walking board 6 
inches wide, on which the bird may take exercise. 
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