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Show HANDY NEST FOR HEN HOUSE Arranged So That One May Gather Eggs Without Entering Building Not Hard to Make. It is easy to make a nest box which will enable you to gather the eggs without going inside the hen house, writes Horace H. Dahl in the Farm and Fireside. It Is fastened to the hen house seven inches from the floor by pieces of iron shaped as shown in Fig. 2. These have holes in them and f tJ r ' Good Nest Box. can be screwed to the nests and house. Fig. 1 is the end made of one-half-inch wood. There are two of these. Nail boards on the back of them as long as the side of the hen house. Make a bottom of boards or tin, and nail it to the ends. The cover is made of weather-boarding and is two inches longer and one inch wider than the nests. This is hinged to the hen house. The partitions which separate the nests are nine- by eleven inches and ten Inches apart. Holes are cut in the side of the hen house, through which tho hens may pass into the nest. In Fig. 3, H is the hen house; A shows the holes; E is the end shown in Fig. 1, and L is the cover of the nests. These nests are dark, easy to clean and are handy when sitting time comes. |