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drop out of reach. Such a nest is shown in the engrav- 
ing. It consists of a box with two sloping floors ; one 
of these being depressed below the other sufficiently to 
make a space through which the egg can roll down out 
of the way. An extension of the box with a lid affords 
a means by which the eggs can be removed. Upon the 
bottom board of the nest a wooden or other nest egg is 
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fastened by a screw or by cement. The sloping floors 
may be covered with some coarse carpet or cloth, upon 
which it is well to quilt some straw or hay, and the 
bottom floor should be packed with chaff or moss, upon 
which the eggs may roll without danger of breaking. If 
the eggs do not roll down at once, they will be pushed 
down by the first attempt of a hen to pick at them. 
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A BARREL HEN'S NEST. 
Ahen’s nest made of a whole barrel is vastly better 
than one in which the head is knocked out, and the hen 
is obliged to jump down from the top into her nest, and 
thus break the eggs. ‘l'wo staves are cut through im- 
mediately above the hoops. and again eight inches above 
