Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1913 — Individual Laying Nests. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Individual Laying Nests.

It is often desirable to record the number of eggs indlvdual fowls. In the Illustration is shown the method adopted by the Maine station. The boxeß, which have no tops, are arranged in cases in groups of four and slide In and out like

drawers. They may, of course, be used singly by simply providing a cover for each box. When a hen has laid, the nest Is pulled part way out or the cover lifted, as the case may be, and the hen removed. Each hen has a band bearing a number attached to her leg and the eggs be numbered to correspond.