Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1912 — TEACHING HEN GOOD LESSON [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TEACHING HEN GOOD LESSON

Poultry Gate as Shown In the lilustra- ■, tion Will Save Cussing and Garden Truck. Barrels of perspiration may be saved by the poultry gate shown herewith, which is reproduced, with the article from the New England Homestead. Whoever has unintentionally acquired the hen chasing, hen-cussing habit may cure himself with this little device. In the fence, preferably at a point near where the fowls are fed, a little door about 10 by 12 Inches is hung on the inside of the yard, so as to always swing shut without springs. It Is stopped from swinging outward by the peg shown at the right. Mrs. Hen, returning repentant from the garden, will poke her head into every mesh of the fence in her efforts to rejoin ber happy companions. The gate will thus allow her to enter without excitement or commotion from the lord of the harem from the Irate owner. - But another advantage may be gained by using the gate in connection with the laying pens. If the two gates are used, one opening inward

in front of the nest, the other opening outward at the back or the side, so that the hens may go to another yard after laying, the poultryman may know which hens have and have not laid. Thus he may avoid the trouble usually connected with ordinary trap nests.

Garden or Nest Gate.