near the partition, away from the light, and with hinged covers in 

 front for the removal of the eggs. Each section of five nests can be 

 taken out, without disturbing anything else, and cleaned and re- 

 turned. In constructing the house it was designed to use these nests 

 only one year. At the end of that time they were removed and 400 

 trap nests substituted for them. 



Troughs are used for feeding the mixtures of dry meals, shell, 

 bone, grit and charcoal. The bottoms are made of boards 7 inches 

 wide, the ends being of the same width and 18 inches high. 

 The back is of boards and the cover is of the same material and 

 slopes forward sufificiently so the birds cannot stay on it. A strip 

 five inches wide is nailed along the front edge of the bottom to make 

 the side of the trough. Pieces of lath are nailed upright on the 

 front, two inches apart, between which the hens reach through for 

 the food. A thin strip two inches wide is fastened to the front of the 

 trough at an angle of about 45 degrees to catch the fine meal that 

 the birds pull out and would otherwise waste. They clear it up from 

 this little catchall and so waste is mostly prevented. 



Two lines of 4 x 4 inch spruce are arranged as an elevated track 

 above the doors. The track extends the entire length of the build- 

 ing and being faced with narrow steel bands on top, a suspended 

 car is readily pushed along, even when heavily loaded. The plat- 

 form of the car is 2 x 8 feet in size and is elevated a foot above the 

 floor. All food and water are carried through the building on this 

 car. The 10 iron baskets, into which the roost platforms are cleaned 

 every morning, are put on the car and collections made as the car 

 passes through the pens to the farend-of the building, 400 feet 

 away, where the roost cleanings are dumped into the manure shed. 

 As the car is pushed along, the guard at the front end comes in con- 

 tact with the doors and pushes them open and they remain so until 

 the car has passed through, when the spring hinges force them to 

 close again. This car is a great labor saver as it does away with 

 nearly all lugging by the workmen. It has enabled one man to take 

 good care of 2,000 hens throughout the year, except on Saturdays 

 when the litter has been removed and renewed by other men. 



At one end of the building there is a temporary food and water 

 house for dish washing and scalding and where the car remains 

 when not being used. 



