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POULTRY CULTURE 



FIG. 253. Nest with side and top removed 

 (trap open) 



FIG. 254. Nest with side and top removed 

 (trap closed) 



FIG. 255. View of nest from top (top removed) 



THE MAINE EXPERIMENT STATION 

 TRAP NEST 



(Photographs from Maine Experiment Station) 



which simple arrange- 

 ment admits of using 

 the same nests (with 

 front closed) as dark 

 nests and (with front 

 open) as light nests. 



Material. Most nest 

 boxes are constructed 

 of wood. Many poultry 

 keepers convert second- 

 hand boxes and crates 

 of suitable size into 

 nest boxes, or make 

 them of old material 

 which can be cut to the 

 required dimensions. 

 When such close econ- 

 omy is necessary, this 

 is not objectionable, 

 but on the whole it 

 will be found more 

 satisfactory if all nests 

 used for one purpose 

 and for birds of the 

 same kind are of the 

 same pattern, --of 

 new seven-eighths-inch 

 boards, surfaced on 

 both sides and planed 

 on the edges, to give 

 smooth surfaces every- 

 where and close-fitting 

 joints. 



Trap nests are used 

 to enable the poultry 

 keeper to keep indi- 

 vidual laying records 

 and the full pedigrees 



