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A STOOL FEEDING-HOPPER, 



which is proof against rats, can be made as follows : Make a platform tvyo 

 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 platform ; 

 saw strips one and one-fourth inches square and eighteen inches high for the 

 posts ; nail strips of boards, two inches wide, to the posts at top, to secure 

 and steady them ; then take common lath, or any thin stuff, one and one-half 

 or two inches wide, and nail them to the top and bottom, up and down, leav- 

 ing a space of two inches between each slat, so that the fowls can get at the 

 feed. The roof may be four-square, as shown in the engraving, and detached 

 so that it can be raised when required to be 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 platform, and feed from the grain box between the slats, 



A CHEAP FEEDING-HOPPER. 



There is a cheap plan for a Feeding-Hopper, which can be made out of an 

 old candle-box, for the want of a better thing. Take off the lid and one of 

 the sides ; let the ends, bottom and one side remain ; cut a small strip off one 

 end of the lid, so that it will slip in between the ends of the box, placing the 

 lower edge one and a half inches from the side and an inch from the bottom ; 

 the other edge of the lid is to reach the top and outside corners of the ends, 

 thus forming a deep, angular box, with long aperture at the bottom. As 

 shown in the cut, the lid forms the slanting side B ; C, forms the trough, 

 where the corn will descend down to it when put into the angular box. ; then 

 put hinges on the lid, A ; the open part of the hopper has a row (D) of slats 

 two inches apart ; these slats should be brought to the edge of the box, so 

 that the fowls can just reach the bottom of the angle ; the corn falls down as 

 fast as the fowls pick it away. 



DOUBLE FEEDING HOPPER. 



This hopper was highly commended by the late N. C. BEMENT. It is nine 

 feet long and nine inches wide ; end pieces fourteen inches high, and the bot- 

 tom raised six inches from the ground ; the ends nailed to the bottom, and 

 a strip 'of board four inches wide was m\\y^^^^^^mm'^\m^mm\ 

 firmly nailed on the sides, raised three 

 inches above the bottom board, form- 

 ing a manger or trough to prevent any 

 waste of food. Another strip of board 

 three inches wide was nailed on the top 



in front to secure the ends. The hop- DOUBLE FEEDING HOPPER. 



per to contain the grain was formed of two pieces of board, nine inches 

 wide, set between the ends forming a V, the upper edges lying against the 

 front top strips and the bottom resting on some small blocks, from one 



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