BREETESiH MiD liiANAGEMENT OF POULTRY. 



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A Perfect Hopper.-The best form of feeding hopper is shown in tht 

 annexed cut ; it can readily be constructed by any person by aid of the 

 follorring description with references : A 

 —An end view, eight inches wide and 

 two feet six inches high. ^—The roof, 

 three feet long, projecting over the 



perch on which the fowls stand while 



feeding. (7— The lid of receiving man- 

 ger raised, exhibiting the grain. E,U 



—Cords attached to the perch and lid 



of manger or feeding trough, i— End 



bar of perch, with a weight attached to 



the end to balance the lid, otherwise it 



would not close when the fowls leave 



the perch. ^-Pulley. (^-Fulcrum. ^ ,,,,,,, ,^^,«a hopper. 



The hinges at the ridge are for raisuig 



the top when the hopper is to be replenished. When a fowl desires food , 



it hops upon the bars of the perch and the weight of the fowl raises the 



lid of the feed box, exposing the grain to view, and after satisfymg it« 

 hunger jumps off and the lid closes. Of course the dimensions can be 

 increased as desired. 



A Rat-Proof Hopper.— A stool hopper— as shown in the annexed cut- 

 inaccessible to rats may be built by the following directions : Make a 

 platform two or three feet square, as 

 the case may be ; then make a square 

 box, three inches high and sixteen inches 

 square ; nail it in the center of the plat^ 

 form ; saw strips one and a quarter 

 inch square and eighteen inches high 

 for the posts ; nail strips of boards, two 

 inches wide, to the posts at the top to 

 secure and steady them; then take 

 common lath or any thin stuff, one 

 and a half or two inches wide, and 

 nail them to the top and bottom, up and 

 down, leaving spaces of two inches be- 

 tween the slats, so that the fowls can get at the feed. The roof may be 

 four-square, as shown in the cut, and detached so that it can be raise 

 for the hopper to bo replenished with grain. Elevate the hopper on a 

 post about three feet from the ground, as shown in the cut, which makes 

 it rat and mice proof. The fowls will soon learn to leap upon the pla/- 

 form and feed from the gram box between the slats. 



A STOOL FEEDING HOPPEK. 



