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of domestic economy in the poultry yard, we cannot do better than to com- 

 mence by presenting for inspection and adoption, if desired, a plan of the 

 Scotch Feeding Hopper, taken from London? s Encyclopedia of Agriculture, 

 the description of which is given below. 



A SCOTCH FEEDING HOPPER. 



THE SCOTCH FEEDING HOPPER 



can be made to contain any quantity of corn required, and none wasted. 

 When once filled it requires no more trouble, as the grain falls into the 

 receiver below as the fowls pick it away ; and the covers on that, which are 

 opened by the perches, and the cover on the top, protect the grain from rain, 

 so that the fowls always get it quite dry ; and as nothing less than the weight 

 of a fowl on the perch can lift the cover on the lower receiver, rats and 

 mice are excluded. In this connection we give an engraving of what is 

 called 



A PERFECT FEEDING HOPPER, 



in Uementfs Poulterer's Companion, which we think superior to that of the 

 Scotch plan, and which, from the description here given, can be easily con- 

 structed by any person. " A is an end view, eight inches wide, two feet six 

 inches high, and three feet long ; B, the roof projecting over the perch on 

 which the fowls stand while feeding ; C, the lid of the receiving manger 

 raised, exhibiting the grain ; E, E, cords attached to the perch and lid of the 

 manger or feeding trough ; I, end bar of the perch, with a weight attached 

 to the end to balance the lid, otherwise it would not close when the fowls 

 leave the perch ; H, pulley; G, fulcrum. The hinges on the top show that it 

 is to be raised when the hopper is to be replenished. When a fowl desires 

 food, it hops upon the bars of the perch, the weight of which raises the lid 

 of the feed box, exposing the grain to view, and after satisfying its hunger 

 jumps off, and the lid closes." Of course the dimensions of either of these 

 feeding hoppers may be increased to any size desired. 



