Show EXCELLENT NEW TRAP NEST one recently designed does doea away with bad points of other styles la Is simple A no new w nest has haa been designed by V P D sterry of theA the maine laino experiment 6 station which it li Is believed bol loved will eliminate the bad points of other nests it is both simple and sure to lock as soon Us a a hen enters when built of good material it Is durable and and can easi easily lybe be cleaned and whitewashed the nest Is a boxlike box like structure w without out front ends or cover 2 28 18 inches IOU long g 13 inches wide and 16 inches C S side ide view showing construction deep inside measure A division board with a circular opening 7 inches in diameter la Is placed across the box 12 inches from the rear end and 15 inches from the front end the rear section la is the nest proper instead of having the tha partition between t weon tho the two parts of the nest made ma ld with a circular cli cular hole it la Is possible to have simply a straight board partition extending up G inched fro u if the bottom as shown at c the partition with circular opening la Is however recommend mi there are several reasons wh why y the circular opening appears to be better than the ho straight board tile the bottom of the nest b has as chown that a lion hen isi ii less likely to go back and forth between the two compartments part ments after she has hai laid when there is only the relatively small elf circular opening between them than when there Is id a larger opening this reduces the likelihood of broken eggs tho the front portion of the nest has haa no fixed bottom instead there li a movable bottom or tre treadle adlo b which Js is bt n od at tho the back end to c to ta this treadle in hinged the door a of the neg thu the treadle Is mado of vach nali pine stuff blurt with l ln hard stood C cleata t at each end to hold the which fasten the hinges it Is 13 az lanches lan NY chos ehos wide and 12 inches long across its upper face lust jupt behind tha hinges holding tho the door r to la nailed a chic strip 4 inches wide beveled on both sides as aa shown the door of 0 the nest la is not mado made solid but Is an all open frame to tho the inner side of which la Is fastened with staples or cleats A rectangular piece of ia inch mesh galvanized screening dimensions 8 toy by 3 9 inches tho the sides ot of the door are arc strips of JA inch beech beach stuff 12 inches loll 1011 long g and 1 inches wide halved at the ends to join to the top op and bottom of the door the top of tile the door la is a strip of hird hard wood 13 inches long and 1 inches incha is wide halved in 2 4 inches arcin each end the projecting enda end 4 of this top strip serve as stops for the tha door do jr when it closes tho the bottom of tha door la in it a hardwood strip by 4 inches the side aide strips aro are fitted into clio ho ends of this bottom strip in such way aj n to project slightly about 1 32 inch above the front surface of that strip for a reagon which will be apparent 0 uthe nest neat la is open the door extends horizontally in front as shown by b the cut in this position the side strips stripa of tho the on all 1 u strip of 0 beech IJA 1 inches wide beveled on an tile tho inner corner this beech bech Is a nailed to a board 4 inches wide which forms forma the front of 0 the nest box proper to the bottom of this ahta la Is nailed a strip 2 inches wide into which aro are set bet 4 inch spikes from rom which the heads aavo har been cut tho the treadle rests reata on an tai when tho the rest nest la Is closed Sho wo by the dotted lines |