POULTRY FIXTURES 



All wood used in the construction of fixtures 

 should be as light as possible without making the 

 outfit flimsy ; nests and the partitions between them, 

 as well as the droppings boards, had best be made 

 of one-fourth or three-eights inch stuff, together 

 with the hinged strip in front which laps down over 

 the tops of nests. The irons connecting the perches 

 are one-half inch in diameter, and swing in castings 

 in the rear so that they may be raised from the 

 front and hung back against the rear wall of the 

 house, giving a clear and unobstructed droppings 

 board, which may be easily swept off. 



Food hoppers for the use mentioned in Chapter 

 Nine can be made at home or purchased, just as 

 the poultry keeper desires. If home-made they cost 

 Construction 1Ittle or nothing except the labor re- 

 of Self -Feeding quired, but if the poultryman has no 

 Hoppers liking for manual labor he can get 



good ones made of galvanized iron or tin that will 

 be more durable than any he could make himself, 

 as well as affording better protection to the feed if 

 they are to be used outdoors. Grocers always have 

 an abundance of small boxes lying around, and it 

 takes very little labor to convert these into efficient 

 self-feeding hoppers, and the cost is practically 

 nothing. 



The principal of construction can be readily gath- 

 ered from the accompanying photographs. The 

 pictures s'how hoppers having several compart- 



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