| Show BUILDING FOR PIGEONS mill swill unused structure Is good enough bou 9 h to start with r have loft lofts in read neri nets before buying his HI bret breeder ders cheap fly house outside la Is aico also Nic necessary essary before buying breeders bleeders bre eders the beginner should bave have his lofts in readiness A position facing south la Is always beat as then the interior will be flooded with sunshine all hours of the day pad nd evry evary corner will be penetrated alth licht and so kept purified purl fled and the birds will be in the best beat possible condition As a general thing a single story house Is beet best with ith the floar one toot or inore more from the ground gri baj the abuse should have a pitch roof with the higher side for the front windows should be made in front only as all the available space at the back and sides will be needed for the nests A proportion chifa h has almost come to be the standard among those who breed pigeons for squab raising Is nine feet in front with a drop of three feet to the back and about ten feet wide inside the he depth may inay be somewhat greatti than the width A of theise lofts may be built as the business progresses or they may be put up at the same time the partitions between the lofts are of board boards or of wire neMi netting as may be preferred cheap fly home house for pigeons there shoud be doors doom leading from one loft to the other with nests up the back and around the sides ae as far as the doors permit an aviary or fly of wire outside Is in necessary to the completion of the accommodations for the pigeons that are to be kept by the breeder the fly should be larger than the loft itself it should be the same height as the bouse house and twice as an long that top Is a house of which the boarded part is to 10 feet across in front should have the wire fly 20 feet long A succession of four 0 of e these lot lofts to would make a building 40 feet long and 12 feet wide id the nests for the pigeons are arranged along the back and side walls they should run from 12 inches from the floor to within the same distance from the roof and be a little more than beet ride wide so as to divide the back space of ten feet hito futo three equal parts be careful not to overcrowd as it requires skill to handle a large number of pigeons in one loft ott successfully each compart compartment comp artmen mers should be fixed axed in such a way that one end can be darkened and the nest should b be placed at this side it will bt b found best beat to use the earthen nest neat pans paris that can be bought from dealers in pigeon supplies anti and these should be supplied RUp plied with material like shavings pine needles etc sich as an woul be suitable for the birds birda to rest upon when breeding for profit it Is very necessary to curtail all unnecessary t A building such as that ile de can be put up of plain match boards at the lowest loest cost possible if it more money Is to be spent on the building itself it may be papered and clapboarded clap boarded which might be better in sections where here the winters infers are ex cold and severe the cost of good mated b mers from a reliable dealer is two dollars per pair and it does not pay par to begin with poor stock economize omits in your building and aoi gen eral equipment 1 f but ge et g good birds il it yea a lantto tan tto ba baraf profitable results 11 and be cure sure that they are mated |
