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MRS. BASLEY'S WESTERN POULTRY BOOK 



The nest box is very simple, inexpensive, easy to attend and 

 certain in its action. It is twenty-eight inches long, 14 inches 

 wide and 14 inches deep. A division board, with a circular open- 



Hen Entering Trap-nest. 



ing 7^ inches in diameter is placed across the box 13 inches from 

 the back end. The back end is the nest proper. The door is a 

 light frame covered with wire netting or laths. The door is 10^4 

 inches wide and 10 inches high, and does not fill the entire en- 

 trance, a space of 2 J /i inches being left at the bottom and 1J4 

 inches at the top, with a good margin at the sides. 



The "trip" or "trigger" consists of a piece of wire about 3-16 

 of an inch in diameter and 26J4 inches long, bent as shown in draw- 

 ing. To hold the trip wire in position and let it roll sidewise easily, 

 nail a cleat to the cover and put two staples for the wire to hang 

 in near its bent corners. The long end of the wire hangs in front 

 of and close to the center of the 7*4 -inch circular opening. When 

 the door is set, the half-inch section of wire marked "A" comes 



12 in 



Trip Wire- 



Trip Wire. 



under a hardwood peg or a tack with a round head which is driven 

 into the lower edge of the door frame. The hen passes into the 

 nest through the circular opening and in doing so presses the wire 

 to one side and the trip slips from its connection with the door. 



