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food which they consume. Skilful feeders, by not- 

 ing carefully the wants and conditions of the chick- 

 ens as regards thrift, are able to determine how 

 best to feed and to accomplish satisfactory results 

 with food that would prove entirely unsatisfactory 

 with a little neglect or indifference on the part of 

 the feeder. 



FEEDING-TROUGHS 



It is, necessary to provide feeding-troughs for 

 little chickens in order to prevent them from tramp- 

 ing on the food; for if the food be placed on the 

 floor of the brooder or poultry house, it soon becomes 



FIG. 78. A feeding-trough for little chickens. 



soiled and unfit for consumption. A simple and effi- 

 cient feeding-trough may be made by tacking a strip 

 of tin about 3J^ inches wide along the edge of a 

 half-inch board so that the tin projects about an 

 inch and a half on either side of the board. Bend 

 the tin so as to form a shallow trough on each side 

 of the board, then fasten the board to blocks which 

 will hold it edgewise and raise it from one to two 

 inches from the floor. (See Fig. 78.) The trough 



