Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1908 — PULTRY AND BEES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PULTRY AND BEES

DOUBLE BROODING COOP. X It Is Not Hard to Build and .Will Do Good Service. The double brooding coop shown in the drawing is four feet square and three feet high at rear, 2% in front. It may be built of tongue and groove stuff or straight-edge boards one-half or three-fourths-inch thick. The hinged lids should have two cleats each to

make them firm. In front Is a oneinch mesh wire netting and at the edges are strips of three-quarter by 1%-inch stuff, to Insure rigidity. In one corner, as shown, is the nest, four inches deep and 15 to 18 inches square, according to the size of the hens kept. The board floor, explains the Orange Judd Farmer, is covered with sawdust or sand. Food and drink are more readily supplied through the door, which preferably lifts in front, as shown.

Double Brood Coop.