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EGG FARM. 



wise with a small stick, close by where the solder is put, 

 so that the wire cannot spring, while another person 

 does the soldering. In three seconds the solder will 

 chill, and you move your stick 5 or 6 in. to the 

 next point. 



Figure 61 shows one of the end pieces to the dropper 

 or feed cylinder. It may be either octagonal, square or 



FIG. 59. STRIPS SOLDERED TOGETHER. 



circular, and if of the latter shape, should be five and 

 three-quarters inches in diameter, being cut from a seven- 

 eighths inch board. It has a hole, /, in the center, to 

 receive an iron shaft, consisting of a half-inch iron pipe. 

 The shaft may be of any length desired, and to it may 

 be attached as many cylinders as needed to feed a row of 

 separate flocks in a long, narrow house. Figure 60 

 shows how the tin and wire of Fig. 59 are -fastened to 



