60 POULTRY APPLIANCES AND HANDICRAFT 



At Stores where candy is sold, one can buy for a 

 few cents the Hght, but large, wooden pails in which 

 broken candy and certain grades of chocolates are 

 shipped from the factor)-. These pails make excellent 

 hens' nests when hung from two hooks in the manner 

 shown in Figure 68. The weak point of this nest and 

 several others described is that no alighting board is 

 provided and no shelter to keep fowls off the edge. 

 These improvements, however, can be added. Such 

 nests can be taken out of doors, emptied and cleaned in 

 a moment, and having no corners or open joints, as do 

 boxes, there is no place for vermin to hide about them. 

 This is a special point in favor of the use of such pails 

 as nests, for the ordinar}' nest is usually a breeding 

 place for these troublesome pests. 



Nests for Ducks — Some duck raisers use a plain 

 nest, as shown in Figure 69. These nests are made of 

 one-inch boards, twelve inches high and sixteen inches 

 long, set fourteen inches apart, and held together in 

 front with a three-inch strip. The nests are nailed to 

 the back of the house. 



