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Show HANDY FEEDING DOOR OPENER Manger Device Is Described That Will Provs of Much Advantage on Any Dairy Farm. When tho cows or horses are fed through a hole which la closed by a door openinK downward It often happens hap-pens thnt this door will not open of Its own accord. This necessitates aotne delay, and often the use of both hands. I once had a ninre that would open the feeding door with her nose whenever she heard the button turn which hold the door hut. aays a writer In the Farm and Home. This helped me bo much that I arranged a spring wire device to open the doors In fron' of tho other horsea. The accompanying ac-companying cut showa the arrange- Handy Manger Device. tnent. A ateel spring wire Is bent as shown and nailed to the post at a and b. A lunik la bent on the free end and a staple driven straddle of the wire at a. loose enough to allow the wire to slip through 1L When the door Is relented the free end of the wire sprlngH out and forces the door open. The staple engages the hook anJ prevents tho wire ftom following the door farther than Is necessary. |