POULTRY FOR PROFIT 21 
Now let us prepare a nest for the bird, so 
that she will have a good opportunity to do her 
best work. We can either partition off a part 
of the chicken house, or we can fix up a nest 
in another building entirely, such as a garage, 
barn, or any other building that we may have 
on the premises. Next let us take some soil, 
and make a round nest, over a foot in diameter, 
and four or five inches deep. Then we will 
dig out the center of the nest, so as to make 
it hollow in the middle, leaving at least two 
inches depth in the center. Then we will cover 
this earth with a few inches of cut straw, shav¬ 
ings, or leaves, and press this covering down 
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to conform to the shape of the soil founda¬ 
tion. We can now place our eggs for hatching 
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in the nest, and put the bird on them. How¬ 
ever, best results will be obtained if we wait 
until towards evening before we place the bird 
on the nest, as she will be more contented 
then. Take the bird that you have chosen 
and place her gently upon the nest of eggs. 
If she is at all broody, she will be quite con¬ 
tented when she feels the eggs underneath her, 
and settle down to business at once. The hen 
should spend practically all of the next three 
