A GUIDE FOR KEEPERS OF POULTRY 303 
is a full 34” between the boards when laid flat; the strap 
should then be tacked to the lower side of the trip-board 
(see 2 in illustration), 12. Put the trip-board and door 
in place. This should be done by pushing the iron rods 
through the side of the box and the screw eyes in the 
trip-board and through the screw eyes and in the front 
piece and the door. Care should be taken in putting the 
screw eyes in the proper place or the door will not 
balance. 
The nests may be built singly or in groups, or they 
may be put under the dropping boards where dropping 
boards are used. When so placed they do not need a 
top. In any case it will be an advantage to have the 
nests made separate and installed in a frame so each nest 
can be pulled out when a hen is to be released. Occa- 
sionally a hen is slow about coming out and pulling the 
nest out makes it easier to handle her. These nests are 
intended for indoor use and must be sheltered if used 
outside the house. The dimensions of the door as given 
are calculated for hens of medium size. If larger hens 
are kept the door should be made slightly wider. The 
door should not be large enough to admit two hens at 
one time; therefore the size of the door should be cal- 
culated for the size of the hens kept. 
TURKEYS, COMMERCIAL.—For a history and de- 
scriptions see “Breeds of Fowls.” Turkeys are not 
the kind of poultry for the man with a limited range. 
They have never given up the tendency of their wild 
ancestry to wander far from home and they will not 
brook confinement even for a few days, except when very 
young, and then they do better if they have their liberty 
during the warmer hours of the day. Under domestica- 
tion the turkey seems to have lost some of its vitality, 
