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Show RAT-PROOF CHICKEN ROOST Ample Protection Afforded Against Predatory Animals by Device Suspended from Roof. Thn aecompnnylng Illustration shows a convenient' chicken roost w hich Is proofgainst rats, minks and weasels. This roost Is made of two plecea of plank four feet long, four inches Irond and one Inch thick; five pieces of plank three feet long, two Inches broad and one thick; four piece of wire about eight feet long. Jtr- 27 Chicken Roost As shown In the illustration, the three-. three-. foot pieces are nailed crosswiae to the four foot pieces and a wire attached attach-ed to all four corners. It Is then suspended sus-pended from the roof in the chicken house with tho front end of the roost ' about sixteen Inches from the floor while the back should bo twenty-seven twenty-seven inches. |