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SWING FEEDING-TROUGH 

 No. 1. 



No. 2. 



The illustrations (Nos. 1 and 2) show a portion of a 

 feeding-troughs attached. Thi^ arrangement enables the 

 with soft food without entering the y&rd. 



If fowls have an unlimited run ftiey will only require to 

 a day; but if confined in a small s>p>ace a light midday meal will ^ be 

 necessary, which should consist of ta&e-scraps, A good thing to give 

 is cooked meat twice a week. Arrange with your butcher to get the 

 scraps; they can be got at a very low p*We. Give plenty of green food, 

 such as short-cut grass, clover, cabbage, lettuce, watercress, c. Koo 

 crops of almost any description are excellent food for fowls, such f 

 potatoes, mangolds/ turnips, &c. ; the two 1 latter should be cut in two 

 and throwp down for the birds to peck at. Clover finel. v chopped and 

 scalded apd mixed with bran and pollard is a splendid f\ >od for layn 

 hens. Bi-ans and peas, cooked and thickemd' with-biiaW^ ma ake an agree 



