ACCESSORIES AND APPLIANCES 
sometimes be made from waste material 
found about the place, but I believe it is 
better to buy those that are nicely made 
by machinery by manufacturers that are 
prepared to make them as they should be 
made; for if they are nicely made by 
machinery, they will be much easier to 
keep clean than they would be if they 
were poorly made by hand. However, if 
the means are not at hand with which to 
buy them, they can be made at home. 
There are a good many kitchen utensils 
that can be used for sour milk and moist 
mash that are handy and are easy to 
keep clean. 
When the laying hens have a constant 
supply of food before them all of the time, 
either dry mash or mixed grain, self- 
feeding hoppers save lots of time and 
labor as well as food, and should be used. 
I have told you in 
other chapters (on pages 
37 and 83) about two 
different kinds of home-made nests, and 
in this chapter about trap-nests, and there 
is but one other nest that I care to say any- 
thing about, and that is a new patent 
trap-nest that has lately come on the 
101 
Different Kinds 
of Nests 
