THE TRAP NEST. 



Its Use Enables the Poultryman to Weed out the Barren 

 and Unprofitable Hen. 



By Q. I. Lytic. 



Every poultry keeper has no doubt had the desire to 

 know the individual record of each of his fowls. Hereto- 

 fore it has been impossible to' gratify that desire, as no one 

 could afford to pen each of his fowls separately. The 

 advent of the record nestbox has now made it possible for 

 every poultry keeper to know the exact number of eggs 

 produced by each of his hens. 



The desire to know is the result of a natural inference 

 that individual records would show that hens vary as much 

 in the number of eggs laid as different cows vary in tho 

 amount of milk produced or horses in their speed. With- 

 out doubt, there is more difference in the laying qualities 

 of various hens, for only the best cattle and horses have been 

 used as breeders for years, while poultry keepers have not 

 known whether the eggs they used for hatching were from 

 hens that laid 200 eggs a year or only twenty. 



A difference in the number of eggs means a decided 

 difference in the amount of profit. A hen which lays 

 only fifty eggs a year hardly pays for her feed, and the 

 owner receives nothing for his labor or money invested in 

 buildings, etc. A hen which lays 100 eggs a year pays for 

 her feed, interest on the money invested and a small return 

 for the labor, while the hen that lays 150 eggs a year yields 

 a profit for her additional fifty eggs that is clear profit. The 

 hen that lays 200 eggs a year must yield a handsome profit; 

 in fact, it is over 100 per cent. Every poultry keeper 

 should know the exact number of eggs laid by each fowl 

 in his flock, that he may keep only the decidedly profitable. 

 What Tests Show. 



Tests' made with record nest boxes show that there are 

 at least two hens in every twenty that riever lay, and eight. 



