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which are generally due to lack of experience with this com- 

 modity, and not to the netting itself. It is contrary material 

 to work, yet if a few principles are followed, the task may be 

 made comparatively simple, and one that can be done single- 

 handed. 



In purchasing poultry netting, even the best grades, it some- 

 times happens that one selvage is slightly longer than the other, 

 which will be responsible for trouble in hanging it, unless pre- 

 cautionary measures are taken. To ascertain if such is the case, 



Fig. 88. — Wire-covered yards for cross-breeding experiments at the Kansas 

 Agricultural Station. 



unroll the netting on a level stretch of ground, and if instead of 

 lying in a straight line, the netting describes a slight curve, it 

 is because one edge or selvage is longer than the other, perhaps 

 but a few inches, which will not interfere with its efficiency, if 

 the defect is borne in mind. 



Netting having uneven edges should always be hung with the 

 shortest selvage — the selvage on the inside of the curve — at 

 the top. Otherwise, if the longest selvage — the one on the out- 

 side of the curve — is placed at the top, the upper section of the 



