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any size to suit. The topand bottom boards have ten 
ons on the ends pasving through mortises in the end- 
boards, and held in place by wooden pins, as shown in 
the accompanying engraving, Fig. 21. The top and bot- 
tom boards have half-inch holes bored through them, 
which receive pins that pass into the corresponding 
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Fig. 21. 
holes bored inthe edges of the partition boards. As 
these partition pieces are all alike, they are easily put in 
place. There isa bar or step along the front of the 
nests to prevent any eggs from falling out; the bottom 
board of the upper tier may extend forward for a few 
inches to serve as a place upon which the fowls may 
alight. 
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A NEST FOR EGG-EATING HENS. 
In the winter season hens frequently acquire the habit 
of eating eggs, Sometimes this vice becomes so con- 
firmed that several hens may be seen waiting for an- 
other one to leave her nest, or to even drive her off, so 
that they may pounce upon the egg, the one that drops it 
being among the first to break it. In thisstate of affairs 
there is no remedy except to find some method of pro- 
tecting the egg from the depredators, The easiest way 
of doing this is to contrive a nest in which the egg will 
