IV 
ACCESSORIES AND APPLIANCES 
The Trap-nest—Feeding Troughs and Hoppers— 
Different Kinds of Nests—Home-made Incubators, 
Plans, Specifications, Ete—Home-made Brooders, Plans, 
Specifications, Etc. 
Trap-nesting is tedi- 
ous and exacting work. 
Those who would like to build up an egg- 
laying strain will find it cheaper, in both 
money and labor, to buy, from a reliable 
breeder of an egg-laying strain of their 
breed, such birds as they need for the 
purpose, than to try to get them by the 
trap-nest process. If you decide to buy 
your birds: for breeding purposes, in- 
stead of getting them by the trap-nest 
method, while you are selecting and buy- 
ing them it is well to remember that the 
male birds are much more potent in trans- 
mitting the egg-laying qualities to the 
flock than the females, and although they 
may cost a little more than the females 
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The Trap-nest 
