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seems a great deal, but when compared to the regulation of 300 cubic 
feet of space for each person demanded by the factory laws, the pro- 
portion will not be far wrong. Plenty of air for each bird should be a 
strong point. _ . 
In providing a habitation for pigeons, ventilation should be a 
primary consideration, and this with a loft is sometimes a very diffi- 
cult matter, on account of adjoining buildings. When both ends are 
built against there is nothing else for it but a window back and front. 
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or a revolving roof ventilator; but where one end is free the airlet should 
be as high up on this as possible, and a common sheet-iron ventilator 
on the roof at the other end would suffice. Where it is possible the 
best plan for ventilation is to make a series of holes in the boarding 
under the roof insets, so that a slide can regulate the Ventilation ac- 
cording to the weather. The great point is to provide as much air as 
possible without creating a draft. 
I11 a good loft the roof is made of one-inch weather-boarding, well 
tarred and sanded. Iron roofs are not desirable, as they are hot in 
Summer and cold in Winter, and sweat. They may be used, however, 
with advantage for roofing flights, and when they are used large mesh- 
