HOUSE AND GARDEN 
409 
| May, 1914 
Successful Pigeon Raising 
(Continued from page 384) 
pens 9 by 8 feet each. Run this partition 
all the way to the roof, cutting a venti¬ 
lating hole a foot square just under a 
cupola set in the roof, and in each gable 
make a corresponding window, hinged at 
the bottom and operated by pulley and 
cord from the alley. This makes thor¬ 
ough ventilation possible without danger 
of a draught, one of the most prolific 
causes of disease among pigeons. Give 
each pen an exit into the fly by means of 
two small openings well up under the 
eaves, fitted with inside drop doors to 
be operated from the alley, and short 
lighting-boards, both inside and out. 
Under these, set a long window, which 
should always stand open except in ex¬ 
treme weather, but should be screened 
with wire netting to prevent its being 
used as a means of egress. Otherwise the 
birds will be very apt to injure them¬ 
selves by flying against the glass when it 
is closed. 
Divide the pens from the alley by wire 
netting, in the center of which a narrow 
door-frame should be set and fitted with 
a very light wire door. Make the pen 
farthest from the entrance the full 8 by 9 
feet, the necessary allowance of space for 
a hundred birds, and the second about 
8 by 5, thus providing a small place in 
which to mate up new stock or to isolate 
any odd birds as occasion may require, 
and still leaving room for feed barrels, 
extra nest pans, broom, rake, etc. 
Next, line the two side walls of the 
pens with nesting boxes made from 
planed inch boards twelve inches wide, 
fitted on both sides with cross cleats an 
inch square and nailed nine inches apart, 
d Irese boards are set upright against the 
walls twelve inches apart in the clear, and 
when furnished with sliding floors of 
planed inch lumber, will make a series of 
boxes 8 by 12 by 12. In each of these 
place a nest pan, or nappy, preferably 
the small, yellow baking dish, as these 
take less than half the time to clean that 
the regular unglazed earthenware nappies 
require. Keep a constant supply of cut 
tobacco stems on the floor of the pen, for 
they are a great preventive of lice, and 
the birds will readily use them for nest¬ 
ing material. As a further precaution 
against these pests, give the birds a gen¬ 
erous bath out in the flys at least every 
second day during the warm weather, 
and once a week through the winter, al¬ 
ways choosing a clear day. For this, fill 
a galvanized pan five inches deep and 
about eighteen inches across, adding ten 
or twelve drops of refined carbolic every 
two weeks. Give the bath about nine 
o'clock in summer and as soon as the 
sun is warm in winter. Two hours is 
plenty of time for all the birds to bathe, 
and the pan should then be emptied, for 
the water will be full of a light gray 
dust from the feathers, and unfit for 
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