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very similar device was used at one of the egg-laying 

 contests. It is a tin or agate basin a tin milk pan is 

 about right size, and costs ten cents with a square 

 of inch-mesh wire over the top which is held down 

 by half a brick in the middle. 



TRAP-NESTS 



In planning trap-nests for a laying house, one 

 trap-nest should be provided for every four or five 

 hens. It is necessary to visit the nest several times 

 a day to release the hens that are confined on the 

 nest. This is more work than most farmers are will- 



FIG. 39 DIAGRAM OF MISSOURI TRAPNEST, SHOWING ACTION OF TRIGGER 



ing to undertake, but it is the only certain way of 

 finding the best layers. As each hen is released from 

 the nest, her number is noted, and a record made. 



Oregon Trap-Nest 



The Oregon trap-nest has been in use twelve years 

 and is one of the simplest and cheapest designs. As 



