THE LUBBOCK ANT NEST 
ERY interesting stories may be read 
in the observation cage. Tomake 
this ant nest we must have two 
pieces of window-glass, ten inches 
square; a sheet of tin, eleven 
inches square; a piece of plank, 
one and one-fourth inches thick, 
twenty inches long and at least 
sixteen inches wide; a sheet of 
tin, or two thin, flat boards, five by ten inches in size. 
Take the plank and on the upper side, a short dis- 
tance from the edge, cut a deep furrow. This furrow 
is to be filled with water, as a moat, to keep the ants 
imprisoned. It is necessary, therefore, that the 
plank should have no knot holes, and that it be 
painted thoroughly to keep it from checking. Take 
the sheet of tin eleven inches square, and make it into 
a tray by turning up the edges three-eighths of an 
inch. Place this tray in the middle of the plank. 
Place within the tray one pane of glass. Lay around 
the edges of this glass four strips of wood about half an 
inch wide and a little thicker than the height of the 
ants which are to live in the nest; burnt matches 
serve very well for this. Cover the glass with a thin 
layer of fine earth. Take the remaining pane of 
glass and cut a triangular piece off of one corner, then 
place the pane on top of the other, resting upon the 
pieces of wood around the sides. The cover of the 
nest may be two pieces of tin, with handles soldered 
at the centers, or two boards with screw-eyes or 
knobs at the centers, with which to lift them. There 
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