Show COMPEL HORSE TO EAT SLOW feed manger arranged so that animal must chew its food properly how it Is made I 1 have a horse which when fed in an open manger eats cats his feed so BO rapidly that it is not properly chewed and therefore does him little good the accompanying cut shows a device which I 1 employ to make him eat slowly writes monroe conklin conklen jr of alleg allegheny alleghany hany county N Y in the farm and home the box B is made of tour four boards 16 inches long and eight inches slow feed manger wide nailed together so as to form a chute having no top or bottom the chute Is 16 inches high and inches inside it Is set upright in the corner of the manger farthest from the horse and nailed securely in place after being lifted one to three inches from the bottom the feed Is poured into it and works down into the manger as the horse eats eata it away from below what feed the horse cannot reach should be scraped out before the next feed is poured in otherwise it would become sour and moldy |