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Show ATTRACTIVE NESTS FOR HENS Discarded Grocery Boxes, Such as Used for Soap or Condensed Milk, May Be Used. Nests that are attractive to hens because of their privacy, sanitary as to chartcter and convenient for the gathering of eggs are the claim ol every one who keeps fowls either in a limited number or on a large scale says a writer in the New York Tribune Farmer. Various are the nest arrangements employed by the different poultrymen, and varied in character must they continue to be to suit the requirements of the fowls and the plan of the poultry house. But no style of nest that is at all practical can fail to be suggestive to any poultryman who has not yet solved the nest problem to his liking. The nests herewith described are in: tended to suggest rather than to invite in-vite exact imitation. A convenient style of nest is shown In illustration No. ,1. The nests, are arranged along the wall, with the open sides inward, space enough being be-ing allowed at the ends to admit the fowls. A hinged cover at the top makes egg gathering a simple matter. mat-ter. These nests may be improvised from wooden boxes nailed together, one side being removed and the hinged cover hung over them. Support Sup-port is furnished by four uprights which raise the nests about one foot above ground. The nest boxes should be as smooth as possible, and painted inside and out. Another convenient arrangement is the row of nests accessible to the fowls from the inside of the building, but projecting beyond its wall, and (j Trr) . p lll Convenient Nests. aaving a hinged cover which may be lifted from the ouaside to permit I .he gathering of eggs. If necessary a j padlock may be used to secure this i ;over. Style No. 2 is preferrable to style Mo. 2 in cold climates. The nests are nlong the inside wall, supported ibove the ground and open at the :op. A slide in the wall allows the gathering of. eggs from outside. Grocery Gro-cery boxes, Euch as soap or condensed con-densed milk boxes, may serve for the aests, being so divided that two nests sre formed from one box. They should be movable so that they may be readily cleaned. |