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Show CONSTRUCTION OF TRAP NEST Without Use of Device Results From Individuals of Any Flock Must Be Uncertain. (By J. L. JONES. Mechanical Evislneer, Oklahoma Experiment Station.) It Is not necessary to dwell on the Hdvantages of using trap nests. The primary object Is to develop a heavy laying strain. It has been found by the use of trap nests that the number of eggs laid per hen in an average flock varies from 40 to 245. Without using trap nests, the results from such a flock would be uncertain and probably unsatisfactory. It Is the ob- u Bank of Trap Nests. ect of the poultryman to breed and build up the strain which lays the heaviest, by breeding to the heavy producers. For fanciers, the trap nest is Indispensable Indis-pensable on account of the fact that In the ordinary pen there are from six to twelve females to one male. If trap nests are used, and there are as many as there are females in the pen, It is possible to distinguish each hen's eggs, while if the trap nests are not used, this is impossible. The use of trap nests goes far to prevent the hens forming the habit of egg-eating. They are likely to form thiB habit if kept in limited quarters, f so kept, they are probably not given the very best food, and probably not Bnough of it, especially animal food. The accompanying drawings of a bank of trap nests are almost self explanatory. ex-planatory. The nest3 are built without with-out any top or bottom. The hen enters en-ters through the back of the nest, brushing under the hanging .wire, which releases the door. She then passes on to the next compartment toward the front end. To inspect the nest and to remove the hen, ascertain her number, and secure the eggs, the front door is simply unbuttoned and let down. It will be noticed that the two doors are fastened together wtih a, cord, so that when the front door I 3 1 re'"". .".m v ffi riAptjr I not t Sectional View of Nest. Is let down, the trap is automatically set again. The hen will find It difficult diffi-cult to leave through the back door at this time, as the hanging wire permits per-mits her to go one way only. These are so simple that in making them in almost any quantity, the material should not cost over 15 cents, at most, per trap nest. |