POULTRY-HOUSE CONVENIENCES, Bo 
nest-boxes, made so that they can be easily slid back and 
forth. The ends are made one inch higher than the 
fi a 
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Fig. 19. 
sides, that they may not slide clear through or fall down. 
At 8 one box is shown pulled out in the room, while at 
a the box is seen ptshed 
through into the adjoining 
room. As fast as the hens 
manifest a desire to sit, they « 
may be furnished with eggs 
and put in the sitting-room, 
in which laying fowls are i 
not allowed. As all do not Fig. 20. 
have poultry-houses, a box similar to the one shown in, 
Fig. 20 may be adopted. A light frame-work of lath is 
placed over the box before moving. 
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A SET OF NEST-BOXES, 
made without nails, which can be quickly taken apart 
for packing away, whitewashing, etc., may be made of 
