Noo. 2, 1908. j Agricultural Gazette of N.S. IF 



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tins. These cut (liaj^-onally nuike two excellent water vessels capable of 

 holding 2 gallons. But however cheap the above appliances and fittings 

 are, the nest boxes are more so. 



Tile farm, irresj)ective of the eucalypts, is covered with a thick native 

 scrub, and every few yards one goes through the large runs a nest of 

 eggs, containing from one to twenty, can be seen in the centre of a busli. 

 One of these is shown, not exactly in its natural state, as the bu-li ha:l 

 to be removed in front, and others bent down to facilitate the camera's 



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A nest in the bush. 



operations. Where a nest has been selected by the hens in a scanty scrub, 

 a lioard, or portion of a sheet of iron, is Ijeiit over the nest to keep the 

 sun's rays from the eggs; although this is scarcely necessary, as all the 

 eggs are infertile, there being no male birds kept with the layers. 



Despite the fact of there being ample roosting-houses in every run, 

 quite a numljer of the hens roost in the branches of the trees, and, for 

 the entire laying period, have never been under cover. Withal this, 

 every hen on the farm looked the picture of health. 



