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it from being fouled and places it beyond the reach of young pheasants 

 when the coop is removed to the rearing field. The cost of the material 

 used in constructing this coop is about 75 cents, Mr. Rogers states. 



THE WIRE RUN. — We come now to the wire run placed in front of 

 each coop of the Rogers type to confine the setting hen when she is taken 

 off each morning to feed. See Figure 5. This is 3 feet long, 2 feet wide 

 and 21 inches high, with removable top. It is covered on the front and 

 two sides with 3^-inch poultry wire, the rear being open and placed against 

 the front of the coop. The top is covered with %-inch wire also and the 

 employment of this mesh keeps the sparrows out. 



Figure 6: This is the type of 

 nesting box employed on the New 

 Jersey State Game Farm. It consists 

 of several rows of boxes placed one on 

 top of the other much as the lock boxes 

 in post-offices are arranged. Each row 

 is 8 feet long, 15 inches wide and 18 

 inches high and contains 6 nesting com- 

 partments, 15 X 15 inches. Only the 

 lowest row is provided with a bottom, 

 the top of each preceding row serving 

 as the bottom of the one above it. In 

 each of these compartments a sod is 

 placed, grass side up, but it is first 

 hollowed out a little on the under side 

 so as to afford a saucer-shaped contour 

 for the nest and the depression thus 

 formed is lined with soft grass or hay. 

 When this type of nest is used, the hens 

 are taken out daily and placed in 

 slatted coops with trough in front for feeding. 



SUBSTITUTE FOR SOD.— In country having a heavy clay soil, 

 the sod does not work so well and Mr. Adam Scott, manager of the Froh- 

 Heim Game and Poultry Yards at Far Hills, New Jersey, states that he 

 has employed with good success as a substitute O. K. litter, which is sold 

 by Messrs. Stumpp & Walter of 30 Barclay Street, New York City, at 

 $2.50 a bale. It is claimed that this is vermin-proof. The litter is worked 

 over two or three days with a shovel and then soaked in hot water. When 

 placed in the nest it is moistened by sprinkling. 



Figures 6-A and 6-B show the excellent rearing coop used on the New 

 Jersey Farm. While it has no part in hatching, the coop described a 



Figure 6. — Showing method of incu- 

 bation employed on New Jersey 

 State Game Farm. The man is 

 Superintendent Duncan Dunn. 



