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Show SIMPLE FEEDER FOR POULTRY Automatic Device, Shown in Illustration, Illustra-tion, as Practical as More Expensive Ex-pensive Contrivances. An automatic feeder for poultry, simple sim-ple in design, yet apparently as practical prac-tical as similar devices of more complicated com-plicated and expensive design, is shown in the Illustration. The feeder, which is hung from any convenient I support, comprises a grain container j provided with a discharge opening at Automatic Feeder. the bottom; a scoop pivoted underneath under-neath the opening, and a pendulumlike pendulum-like arrangement with a ball at its end. The chickens peck at this ball, thus causing the pendulum to swing, which tilts the scoop and allows a certain amount of grain to fall to tha ground. , |