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THE GOWELL TRAP NEST. 



There are many trap nests on the market. The right to 

 use these nests, with plans for their construction, costs from 

 one to three dollars. Through the courtesy of Mr. G. M. 

 Gowell, agriculturist of the Maine Experiment Station, I am 

 able to present my readers with the plan for a nest box free 

 of charge. The nest box here described was made by Mr. 

 Gowell after a careful study of the various nest boxes on the 



Single Nest Box. 



market, and is intended to combine their excellences and 

 avoid their defects. This is the box that is illustrated here, 

 and the description of it is in Mr. Gowell's own words : 



"The nest box is very simple, inexpensive, easy to attend, 

 and certain in its action. It is a box-like structure, without 

 end or cover, and is twenty-eight inches long, thirteen inches 

 wide and thirteen inches deep inside measurements. A di- 



