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of the center of the seven and one-half-inch circular 

 opening. Small wire staples are driven nearly down 

 over the six-inch section of the trip wire into the board 

 so as to hold it in place and yet let it roll sidewise easily. 



FIG 68 : NEST FROM A CANDY PAIL 



When the door is set, a section of the wire comes 

 under a hardwood peg or tack in the lower edge of the 

 door frame. The hen passes in through the circular 

 opening, and in doing so presses the wire to one side, 

 which lets the door down and fastens itself by a wooden 



