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birds to reach the grain in the l)ottom. of the box. An aisle 

 feed box can be made with the two ends sawed out of inch thick 

 lumber and the slanting portion of the l)ottom nailed in as 

 shown by cut herewith. 



Place one of these feed boxes in the aisle on each side of the 

 door of the s(iual) room. 



DOUBLE DECK FEED BOXES 



If you have so many birds in a pen that they cannot all get 

 to the two aisle feed boxes at the same time make two more 

 for each nest room, the same as described above and set them 

 on top of the other two boxes. The square ends will set on the 

 end of the other boxes without tipi)ing and the slanting bottom 

 in the top box will allow the light to pass through so the ])irds 

 can see to eat the feed in the lower l)ox, Run a one by four 

 inch board on the inside of the nest room six inches a])()ve the 

 floor along in front of, and even with the l)ottom of the upper 

 feed box for the l)irds to stand on whik' eating out of the npjx'r 

 box. This will double your feeding capacity and give \ou ten 

 running feet of feeding space. 



The detaibnl description of liow to nuike aisle feed boxes makes 

 the operation seem difhcnlt hut it is a simple uiuleitaking and 

 a inmihej" of boxes can he made in a shoil time. 



HOW TO BUILD FEED HOPPERS 



The author is not a l)eliever of feeding pigeons by the use of 

 a feed liopper or self feeders except where the extreme or un- 

 usual conditions exist. For instance when a few birds only are 

 kept and the owner or attendant has not the time to feed his 

 l)irds in tlie usual way or where it is nccessar.N to feed i)irds 

 enough to last them several days. In either case a feed hopper 

 can help solve a bad problem. 



The most practical hoi)per is one that has several compart- 

 ments and is so ai-i'ang(>d that each kind of feed except peas, 

 peamits and hemp can l)e kept in separate comi)artments. In 

 this way the i)igeons will not be forced to eat more of a certain 

 kinds of grain than th(\v want in older to get enough to satisfy 

 their hunger. 



