New and Improved Poultry Appliances. 



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A FEED SUPPLY-CAN. 

 Planned by James E. Rice. 



One of the ways in which labor can be saved is to have each pen 

 equipped with a feed-box large enough to hold a week's supply of whole 

 grain. (Fig. 93.) These can be filled once a week more easily than the 

 same quantity of grain can be carried about the entire plant in a basket 

 twice a day when feeding the hens by hand. By the feed supply-can 

 system the attendant carries only a small hand scoop from pen to pen 

 when feeding. (Frontispiece.) He is then free to carry only one basket 

 when gathering the eggs. When feed supply-cans are not used, the eggs 

 are gathered and the last grain-feeding is done at the same time, or it 

 becomes necessary to make an extra trip through the pens to gather the 

 eggs after feeding the fowls. It is a decided advantage to be relieved 

 of carrying both feed-basket and egg-basket at one time. 



The supply-can also provides a convenient place to put the eggs 

 when they are removed from the nests during the day if trap-nests are 

 used and, therefore, must be looked after frequently. The cans should 

 not cost to exceed 90 cents. 



AN EGG DISTRIBUTING-TABLE. 



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Planned by James E. Rice. 



Persons who are using many trap- 

 nests and, therefore, have occasion to 

 keep records of the eggs, will find the 

 distributing-table here shown (Figs. 94 

 and 95) a great convenience in arranging 

 the eggs in systematic order for record- 

 ing and for placing in pedigree trays. 



This table may be made of one-inch 

 or thicker lumber which will not warp. 

 It is well to put the top together with a 

 glued and doweled joint. 



The table top may be made by itself 

 and placed on an ordinary table for sup- 

 port (Fig. 94), or may be made as a 

 permanent table with stationary top. (Fig. 95.) 



A table 69 inches by '}^'] inches is large enough to hold the eggs 

 from 18 pens, containing about 50 hens each. The table holds 32 eggs 

 from each pen. 



Fig. 99. — The comhination - crate 

 ready to close for shipment. A 

 straivboard filler partition is placed 

 over the eggs before closing. 



