DEVICES FOR FEEDING 5 



the coop every week or two in winter. Oyster shells 

 are not hard enough to take the place of grit. 



A simple and effective shell or grit feeder is de- 

 picted in Figure 8. It can be made of any desired size. 

 The essential points to the box are : The lid for filling, 

 at i ; a board, 2, to prevent the shells becoming scat- 

 tered about ; check board, 3, slanting backward with 

 small space of one to two inches to hold grit, and the 

 lower edge should be on a level with top of board, 2. 



FIGS 6 7 I SHELL AND GRIT FEEDER 



Hang by hole, 4, just high enough so poultry can get at 

 the grit easily. The fowls pick it out over board 2, at 5. 

 A shell feeder very easy to make is that shown at 

 the right of the preceding in Figure 9. It is a good 

 style where the shells and grit are mixed and fed from 

 one box. The dotted lines, b b, indicate a sharp piece 

 of tin bent to cover half of the holes in the inside to 

 prevent shells from coming out too fast. The hole, a, 

 in the back of the box, is to hang up the box. The box 

 is filled with ground shells and hung up within easy 



