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BETTER FRUIT 



Mai), 1921 



With the Poultry 



CONSTRUCTING A TRAP NEST 



A TRAP nest should be so constructed that when 

 a hen enters, her back raises the door. 

 This releases the catch or trigger and allows the 

 door to close. The catch regulated by a screw or 

 nail at the lower inside edge, should be set so 

 that it just holds the door. It should have a 

 washer on the screw to prevent sticking and a 

 guard to keep away the nesting material. A varia- 

 tion may be made for large or small hens by short- 

 ening or lengthening the catch which supports the 

 door or by adjusting the size of the triangular 

 notch to the door itself. 



The following directions are given by the United 

 States Agricultural Department's specialists for 

 constructing a three-compartment trap nest : 



Cut four seven-eight inch boards for ends and 

 partitions, 12 inches wide by 19 inches long; 

 enough one-half inch boards 39^ inches long, laid 

 lengthwise, to cover the top, back and bottom, 

 and one strip 39^ inches long and one and one- 

 half inches wide for the front of the nests. Cut 

 three pieces of half-inch boards, 12 inches long 

 and three inches high, to hold the nesting material 

 away from the door. 



Nail the top, back and bottom to the ends and 

 partitions, insert the three-inch strips in the nests 

 and make the guard, nailing it to the left side of 

 the nest. Bore a hole in the catch large enough 

 that the catch will move freely when screwed into 

 position on the side. Place a washer on the screw 

 between the catch and the side of the nest. Insert 

 a screw at the lower edge of the catch to stop it 

 when set, so that it will just hold the door. 



Make the doors of seven-eighth inch material, 12 

 inches by six inches and cut a triangular notch in 

 the center four inches wide at the bottom. Put 

 two screw eyes in the top of the doors and bore 

 holes in the front of the nests, two inches below 

 the top (inside measurement), through which a 

 three-sixteenth inch wire is run to support the 

 doors. 



Attach to the front of the nests a narrow strip 

 upon which the hens can jump. Place a button or 

 block of wood on the front of each partition to 

 hold the door when the nest is closed. If the 

 nests are to be placed below the dropping board. 

 a wire top should be used with a five-inch strip 

 of wood on the front edge of the top to stiffen 

 them. 



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 hatched, figuring that unless the chicks are prop- 

 erly grown and fed that they may mature into 

 typical representatives of their breed, they can not 

 be considered as likely candidates for exhibition. 

 The first actual selection of the birds to be ex- 



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