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Show TYPICAL LAZY MAN'S METHOD Excellent Contrivance, by Means of Which Fowls Can Let Themselves Them-selves Out of House. An excellent contrivance, by means of which fowls can let themselves out Df the chicken house in the early morning, morn-ing, while the poultryman is still asleep, is the invention of Charles V. Keeler of Winamac, Ind., a well-known breeder of White Wyandottes, says Rural New Yorker. It consists of a box which is open at one end to fit around the small door in the side of the chicken house through which the birds are accustomed to pass in and out. The other end is closed by a hinged door A, covered with poultry wire. The bottom of the box is a little shorter than the top, and near the opening into the chicken house a false bottom B is hinged to it. To the outer end of this false bottom a cord is fastened which passes up through the top of the box, over two pulleys, or through two screw-eyes, and is attached at-tached to a wire hook H that is so arranged as to hold in position the Wire covered door A, when the box Is closed. A weight of lead or iron, near the point of attachment of the cord to 'the hook, counterbalances the weight of the false bottom and relieves Self-Opening Henhouse Door. the hook from strain. Care should be taken to make an accurate adjustnent and not have the balancing weight too heavy. When the chicken house is closed at night the wire-covered front A is raised up and held in position by drawing draw-ing down the hook H. The length of the cord should be regulated so that this procedure will raise the false bottom bot-tom B three or four inches from the real bottom of the box. In the morning morn-ing the daylight shows through the wire-covered door and invites the birds to go out. When the first one steps on the false bottom B the hook H is pulled up, releasing the door A, which falls down and opens the house for all its inmates. This releasing contrivance con-trivance may be constructed very cheaply of rough materials and the I Door Closed at Night. dimensions may vary in any way to suit different conditions. It may be fastened to a fixture against the side of the chicken house, or be made removable re-movable and attached by a stout hook. |