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Show DRY FEEDING OF POULTRY. How a 'Down-East Farmer Manayet the 8ytem. Poultry feeding has been much in proved nnd simplified by tho Intro- Kductlon of the hop-per hop-per method. The 1 pld-fashlonod way ' J of preparing and i mixing n wot mab li ench day Is now 1 well dono away with, on nccount ' A ot Its tcdlousness Il nnd needless ex . ay penBo of tlmo nnd Q-U 1 C ltr. Tho hop. nor 18 fllIetl wltl1 N felVHW tt vnrlt)t' of Bround A, rxS'jKw r BMlns and placed iS&jy C: whoro It Is acces-0&gA2iI acces-0&gA2iI slblo to tho fowls ' A .V&ogy at all times. With "j C riQ j this nrrnngement ft W . Fig. 1. Hopper tho hens need j Feeder. novor go to roost " without Biilllctont food In their crops, i jj and tho timid and weak hens havo an opportunity to feed nt tho honner. whereas, at n trough mob they tor- I ujerly had littlo or no show at all, M Tho fowls do not llko tho dry hopper I feed well enough to overent and crowd 'I out their weaker neighbors. " Tho hoppers hero shown, taken from -UcifignRoJudd Fnrmor, aro designed I to prove!!? waste of tho mixture caused by tho fowls scattering It on I Fig. 2. Protected Feed Rack. the ground. Fig. 1 shows n sectional vlow ot n tree-feeding, non-wnstlng: I hopper. Fowls feed through slats 214 I Inches npnrt across tho front; C, ,; theso In connection with the horizon- tnl lip. E, to prevent all wasto. U Is .1 n board so placed ns to throw tho ''I grain forward within reach of the .1 rowls. This hopper may bo construct- I cd trom any convenient box by remov I lng tho top and ono sldo, Bawlng oft 'I the upper corners ot ends to glvo -I slant to cover. A Btrlp x3 Is set In the uppor part ot front (sco A) to gtv I n firm pleco to nail slats, C, to. Tho front board, B, Is nailed to cleats placed on Insldo of ends. il A very satisfactory hopper may bn- l mado cheaply from a berry crate, as il In Fig. 2, by lining tho bottom nnd I sides 314 Inches up with thin boards. 31 and nailing a horizontal Hp all nround il top of lining boards, Insldo of Blots, to il prevent waste. l |