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Show EFFICIENT DRY MASH HOPPER Design and Dimensions Illustrated Are Result of Conalderable Experimenting Experi-menting Eaaily Made. In response to a query for a diagram dia-gram and description of an tnsldu dry-mash hoppor a writer In the Hural New Yorker makes the following r lriy: The accompanying diagram shows an end view, or cross section, of a dry feed hopper designed to prevent the waste of food. The design and dimensions are the result of considerable consid-erable experimenting, and the hoppers are very satisfactory, both for young - S j j To fttt A&A, t9 fttt rit an4 ! ' . : : I i ? ? 1 - Dry Mash Hopper. chickens and older fowls. The one shown will hold a bushel of feed and Is used In a colony bouse for growing chicks; for older fowls it should b several times as large, keeping the dl mensions of the feed opening th same, however. One used in my hen' bouse holds 200 pounds of feed and Is filled at Irregular Intervals as It becomes empty. They may be bull! of any stuff at band, though mine ar made of one-Inch pine boards tor ends and half-Inch matched stuff for tb rest |