Show TRAP nests ARE ahe VALUABLE Perry permit lit to keep record or of each hen aad weed outpour out poor odeshow One onis sHow how used I 1 presume every one knows what trap nests are uy ily this time nia and sa BO will wll merely say tant they aro are nests in which tile the hen that lays the eak egg Is confined until a recoil decoi djs 13 made of her achievement when tho the la is again sa set foi or another hen I 1 know of just two kinds of trap teat one that loses closes as 49 soon as tile the hen goes in and he ie other that th tt lo la closed only after the egg has been lold laid in 1 the former kind the hen is shut in ili whether she lays or not and as boils uro are often curious diey may bo be caught in ili this way and bon confined fined unnecessarily writes W 11 II homemade home made mad trap trag nes nest warner in orange judd farmer in the other kind kina the hen way may go in n and out at pleasure mitt but cannot to the confined fined until after thoeng tarr egg has been laid since the eg ej g itself la Is ased for closing the trap A trap trao p n st la Is tu to haf h practical poul drymon try insil whai the he babcock test la Is to tho the dairyman it gives aives each hens hin record of egg laying thus the par poor layers act be picked out and the rood tines innes favored it la Is better for tho the tryman to get rid of these hens and thelt their progeny as early as aa po possible especially where poultry are kept api for ggs eggs and it la Is easler easier to build up tip a laying strain of fowl than a good milking strain of dalry dairy cattle A handy trap nest la is shown hown in the accompanying picture it Is so simple that aay one can mako it JJ it Is ia intact merely an ordinary nest with a cir e cul u laro aror square opening In root the door c 1 as 1 V of very light stutt pivoted at tho the top ali when n tle niest nast Is bet a wiro runs across th tho 0 opening and rests against a piece of tin projecting from the hole bole whon when tile hen ben enters she lifts theloise the loose o end which permits th the door abor to drop bo be hind lier ber after sho she his haa laid she I 1 ir removed remove dand the st for the nox oney |