. Commercial poultry raising; a thoroughly practical and complete reference work for the amateur, fancier or general farmer, especially adapted to the commercial poultryman. Poultry. DESCRIPTION OF STORRS' NEST 169 pipes or other similar material will answer the purpose nicely, which project above the top for about an inch, or far enough to permit of punching a small hole in each end of the strip, through which a piece of fairly rigid wire is slipped, forming a hinge upon which the door swings. The trigger is a trifle more difficult to make than the door, for it is small and must be accurately
. Commercial poultry raising; a thoroughly practical and complete reference work for the amateur, fancier or general farmer, especially adapted to the commercial poultryman. Poultry. DESCRIPTION OF STORRS' NEST 169 pipes or other similar material will answer the purpose nicely, which project above the top for about an inch, or far enough to permit of punching a small hole in each end of the strip, through which a piece of fairly rigid wire is slipped, forming a hinge upon which the door swings. The trigger is a trifle more difficult to make than the door, for it is small and must be accurately cut as shown in the diagram,. {Courtesy Purdue Experiment Station) Fig. 118.—Corner of a well-designed laying house. Trap nests are arranged under dropping-boards. Note broody hen coop at extreme end. or it will not balance properly. This is an easy matter with a jig saw or band saw. It should be made from $4" or i" close- grained stock, the harder the wood the better. The hole bored for the screw that is to fasten the trigger to the side of the box should be slightly larger than the screw itself, to secure free action. To set the nest, the front end of the trigger is slightly depressed and the door pushed inward until it engages the notch in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885-. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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