| Show K A evv i 14 i I 1 S E L egl M r M 11 9 1 ewt A r ts I 1 4 S Q AIR A 9 0 ff N POULTRY conveniences A portable poultry homo to 0 o t u village yail vard A clopper inar for dry irad the illustration hero here given shows a small portable blo poultry house anti run well adapted to lo the small quai leis of a town lot A fow few nico nice liens hens or a fock of bantam lian taini 3 maybe may bo in buch quarters to con consume tile table waste of the ilia family and to furnish in return fresh eggs or a toothsome potpie while sun still and air ir are provided rothy tho the run rim tile root ind and the apart ment underneath tho the ro room afford shelter from stoics in the daytime the door F is divided so that tha 1 01 J t t A 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 pc 1 it F P IM 1 11 Z lilt 4 1 I 1 A I 1 I 1 I 1 A village E AND IUN attendant may open tile the upper tipper pi pirt part rt anti and put feed and ami water in the vessels D and C without entering the run the roost ing room he bein en at A contains tho the nest boxes B BOB D 11 the vi whole bole F structure should bo be made of light lf ht to render rander it easily movable morable by two persons of ordinary strength A vermont farmer who advocates the ilia feeding of dry ground feed both for fowls and chicks describes liis his plan for feeding the same hopper is shown in the second cut and it u L represented 1 with tho the lid let down to pour the meal lit in tho the originator says 1 my ili arrangement rail gement for feeding poultry is very simple inquiring quiring ic no mure inure tinia to feed fifty hens than to give a horse a cow or a pig its regular meal I 1 have twenty feet of feed box bos but I 1 find half of it sufficient for ill all practical and have devoted the theother other halt to special foods such as oyster shells etc the box is made fast to tile the wall ceiling boards which constitute abo back itis it is 5 inches wade wide with avith 2 inch slats H front and a narrow board in front of that upon which the fowls stand the cover is in an inch board which when shut leans again against qt the he t wall at it eo co high a slant that no fowl can call stand upon it A littly wooden handlo handle at the middle near the top edge is the only thin tiling 1 bout about a it except exl cyl the plain smooth board the ends I 1 I 1 il N ia I 1 11 I 1 6 1 r A ill 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I L k 1 an 4 f 1 ili 1 1 ll 11 A convenient FEEDING ArPANO EMENT of the tha cover rest upon the ends of ilia box bos otherwise it does not touch tha box bos at all i li I 1 ir 0 i is oper opeil 1 lard I 1 tho allu L i 31 ian f 51 C to colsa a te oct 1 l K w topper 10 i with nii a 4 I 1 Z talia r inches next nest tho the wall for delivering del delivering iverin tho the food alito iato tile back bacic side of tile box my lifty fifty fowls have bave not wasted a pound off of food 0 ci I 1 d in the five years since I 1 I 1 lecon sit ticked my fec feed d boxes iferd 1 feed my illy ChiCh chickens eDS in ill flat open ollen boxes boses 6 inches doer deep on the ground r aund without waste than ki are due dee to tho the philadelphia farm farin journal for the foregoing cuts and eions |
