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any size to suit. The top and bottom boards have ten' 

 ons on the ends passing through mortises in the end- 

 boards, and held in place by wooden pins, as shown in 

 the accompanying engraving, Fig. 21. The top and bot- 

 tom boards have half-inch holes bored through them, 

 which receive pins that pass into the corresponding 



Fig. 21. 



holes bored in the edges of the partition boards. As 

 these partition pieces are all alike, they are easily put in 

 place. There is a bar or step along the front of the 

 nests to prevent any eggs from falling out; the bottom 

 board of the upper tier may extend forward for a few 

 inches to serve as a place upon which the fowls may 

 alight. 



A NEST FOR EGG-EATING HENS. 



In the winter season hens frequently acquire the habit 

 of eating eggs. Sometimes this vice becomes so con- 

 firmed that several hens may be seen waiting for an- 

 other one to leave her nest, or to even drive her off, so 

 that they may pounce upon the egg, the one that drops it 

 being among the first to break it. In this state of affairs 

 there is no remedy except to find some method of pro- 

 tecting the egg from the depredators. The easiest way 

 of doing this is to contrive a nest in which the egg will 



