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smaller quarters until mated. To ensure 
accuracy in this part of the work, a care¬ 
ful record should be kept, based on the 
list which the breeder will have furnished 
with the original birds. For example: 
25 b. b. hen, 62 
32 r. ch. cock, 63 
This indicates that the pair is made up 
of a blue-barred hen, band number 25, 
and a red checkered cock, band number 
32. They nested first in box 62 and then 
in box 63. These box numbers are not 
always necessary, and sometimes a pair 
will use only one box, but they will be 
found very helpful in keeping track of the 
work of the different birds, also in mating 
up young stock, for nest-mates should 
never be allowed to begin housekeeping to¬ 
gether. Then, too, the keeping of records 
will teach you a lot about the habits of 
the birds. You will study them much 
more keenly as you come to realize that 
they are as distinctly individual as dogs 
or horses, and the more you know about 
them the more you will want to know. 
The Boundary for the CountryPlace 
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iron strap hinges for the informal gates 
and regular pin butts for elaborate ones. 
A latch should be provided either of 
wood, to be old fashioned or of iron. 
Turnstiles are quaint adjuncts to fences 
in old-time gardens. They are seen more 
in England than here, but are often use¬ 
ful in connection with a large gateway 
for vehicles. 
I dare say for general utility and length 
of service the wire fence with iron posts 
gives the best results for the amount of 
money expended. They are quickly 
erected and need but a few repairs. How¬ 
ever, the possibilities, artistically, are 
limited. The posts are set in iron anchors 
which require little digging, and spiral 
wires, with a flat, cross section, are run 
between. The greatest objection to this 
fence is that it is easily climbed and con¬ 
sequently not only allows the ingress of 
intruders, but causes the wires to be 
broken or pulled out from the fastenings 
at the post, which consist of wire ellipti¬ 
cal rings passing around the horizontal 
wire and through a hole in the flange of 
the post, whose cross section is in the 
form of a T. To avoid climbing, barb 
wire and high, non-climbing mesh are 
used. 
Another serviceable form of wire fence 
is composed of concrete posts and hori¬ 
zontal wires. The posts are molded with 
holes for the wires to pass through, and 
are re-enforced with steel rods. Rail¬ 
roads use this extensively along their 
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