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afraid of putting his head in a deep can, but he will always drink 

 from one that is wider than it is deep. Besides, express men do 

 not, as a rule, fill such cans when they water stock, so that the', 

 cut cans are better in many ways. If you have a sick chicken 

 these cans come in handy, because they can be thrown away after 

 using if the disease was contagious. 



A Simple Food Hopper for Chicks 



This is a very simple hopper that hens can eat from on both 

 sides. One half the top is hinged, so that it can be raised to put 

 feed in or to clean out the hopper, the other side of top is fas- 

 teneid down. The hopper is 8 feet long and 8 inches wide. The 

 ends are solid. The side board is 4 inches wide. A strip project- 

 ing 1/2 inch is nailed on top of the side boards to prevent the 

 chicks pulling the feed out and wasting. The upright slats are 3 

 inches apart and common laths will do, though 2-inch battens are 

 better. The hopper may be set on a 2x4, 2 feet long, one at each 

 end, nailed across the hopper to prevent it^turning over, as it might do, 

 being so narrow. The height between the bottom part and top of 

 the hopper, or the feeding space, should be from 6 to 8 inches, and 

 the covers should have a good pitch, like a house roof, to keep 

 chicks from climibing up on it. If it extends out a little way so 

 much the better, as then it shelters chicks from the sun. 



A Home Built Hopper For Hens 



Cut out two boards for the sloping sides. These may be either 

 redwood or pine, four inches wide at the bottom, ten inches wide 

 at the top, and 20 inches high. These are triangular in front. The 

 front board is 15x18 inches and the back board is 15x20. Two 

 boards 5x8 inches tacked on at the bottom keep the grain in at 

 the side. A board 15x5 inches closes the front feed box and one 

 15x2 inches should be tacked on to prevent the feed from being 

 wasted. Care must be taken that the angle of the two sides is 

 not too sharp, or the hopper may get top-heavy when filled with 

 grain. The bottom of the hopper should be 15x12. This will tend 

 to make it stable on its feet. The front upright board should lack 

 2 or 3 inches of going to the bottom to give a force for the feed. Make 

 the cover several inches wider and longer than the hopper to keep the 

 feed dry. 



A Hopper That Holds A Hundred Pound Sack of Feed. 



This is a serviceable hopper. It holds one hundred pounds of 

 mash or grain and this should last sixty hens a week. 



To make. Take a common redwood board 2 inches wide for bot- 

 tom and ends, saw a piece two feet long for the bottom, and two 



