POULTRY FIXTURES AND DEVICES 75 



Shipping coops (page ooo) should be made of 

 light material and preferably covered with canvas. 

 They should always be made high enough to ac- 

 commodate the fowl without stooping and large 

 enough in other dimensions to allow for as many 

 fowls as there are to be shipped therein. This ap- 

 plies just as much to the crate for shipping fowls 

 alive to market as to the crate used for exhibition 

 fowls. 



TRAP NEST MADE FROM ONE BOARD 



The Oregon experiment station gives the follow- 

 ing directions for making a trap nest from one 

 board 12 inches wide and 10 feet long. Anyone 

 who can use a saw and drive a nail can make it : 

 (See page 76.) 



One board 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide and 10 feet long; 6 

 screw eyes No. 210 bright; 2 pieces round iron, 3-16-inch long 

 by 12 Inches wide; 2 pieces rawhide 9 inches long by %-inoh 

 wide. With a square, lay off the board as shown in the accom- 

 panying diagram. The shaded portions are the waste pieces 

 of tlie board. The solid blacic lines show where the board is 

 to be cut. After sawing the pieces, the nest is ready to be 

 put together. 



1. Nail the sides to the bottom so that the ends will be 

 even. 2. Stand the nest on end and nail on the baclc. This 

 will square the sides. 3. Stand the nest on its baclc and nail 

 on the front piece. 4. Nail on the front brace, which should 

 be set Into the sides at lines indicated at A. and b. 5. To the 

 end of the bottom board nail the nest end front. 6. The two 

 front pieces are nailed on either side of the door to the sides 

 and the front brace. 7. Put in the piece (lOVa inches by 

 3% inches) on which the door is balanced; nail it in between 

 the sides so that the inner side will be flush with the outer 

 side of the front pieces. In this piece put a screw eye 4 inches 

 from each side, the outer edge of the screw eye being flush 

 with the inner side of the piece. 8. Turn the nest on its 

 side and bore the holes in the sides through which the 3-16- 

 inch iron passes. The holes are 1 inch from the bottom and 

 iw inches from the nest front. 9. On the bottom of the 

 tripboard put in a screw eye 7s inch from end and 1 inch 

 from each side. At the other end of tripboard bore two 

 %-inch holes 1 inch from the end and 3 inches from each side. 

 10 On the bottom and at each side of the door put m a 

 screw eye 1% inches from the end and %-inch from the sides 

 On the upper side tack the two rawhide strips, using a small 

 staple or nail for each. The strips are tacked on so tliat, the 

 Ind of the strap will be 2 inches from the end and H-mch 

 ftom side of door. 11. Place the door in front of the trip- 



