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commenced to sit may be written. When a wire nest 
needs cleaning, it is laid on the ground in the yard, the 
straw set on fire, and after that is consumed there will be 
no vermin left to infest the nest. A basket-nest may be 
drenched with boiling water and purified. 
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A LOCKED NEST-BOX. 
It frequently happens that a nest-box that will lo~k 
up isdesired. Such a box may be made 3 feet square 
and 18 inches deep, which will be large enough for two 
nests. The doorisata. At dis a partition extending 
half through the box, and at the inside of this are two 
Fig. 23. 
uests about 8 inches deep, 16 inches long, and 12 inches 
wide. These are seen through the side of the box, which 
is partly removed for this purpose. For small breeds of 
poultry the box may be made considerably smaller. 
Such a retired nest as this exactly meets the instincts of 
the hen, and it becomes very acceptable to her. 
