Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 364
ng hole is cut the size of the upper])art of the post. The keg is then drojjpeddown over the post so that the shoulder, formedby cutting away the wood, will rest under theupper side of the keg, in which the smallersquare hole has been cut. Bird-houses of an infinite variety of styles canbe made by… … made and the lodges placed within them — un-less the birds are very tame and will not leavethe premises. Some small pigeon-cotes are jjictured in thisarticle. In Fig. 5 a cote with three holes isshown that is easily made from thin boards. It may measure 30 inches long, 9 inches wide,and 12 inches…
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