HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



11 



I'<Miltr>' l*ointers ii»r May 



Ciiiitiiiucd from page 2, column 3 

 used. A faucet is placed in the keg or 

 barrel and the water is allowed to drip 

 into pans or troughs. Some men pipe 

 watei' to the range and then fill barrels 

 from a hose. Naturally the bairel wants 

 to be in the shade. If there are no trees 

 handy, make shade with boughs, tar 

 paper or empty grain sacks. 



Summer Houses 



If you have ever noticed, the pullets 

 that roost in the apple trees are better 

 than those that use the brooder house. 

 After the middle of May, pullets that are 

 roosting only need a roof over them and 

 protection from skunks, etc. E.xtension 

 Leaflet number 75 gives plans for an open 

 growing coop which helps to solve the 

 problem of range housing. Copies will 

 be sent on request. 



A SIMPLE RANGE HOPPER 



Can Be Built Quickly and Cheaply 



"The sketch tells the story of the hop- 

 per," writes Mr. Dunn. "The box and 

 end pieces of the roof I make of so-called 

 eight-inch matched pine boards, which 



really measure seven inches and a shade 

 over." 



"The frame which rests on the mash 

 to prevent scratching it out is of ordinary 

 laths with opening 4 to .5 inches square. 



"The legs of the roof support which 

 set down in the corners of the box are 

 made of two inch furring. The brace 

 on the legs is very necessary to prevent 

 them binding and the roof blowing off. 

 The brace under the roof, running length- 

 wise, helps keep things rigid. 



"All I have used for the roof is three 

 strips of furring with paper tacked on 

 but perhaps a light board roof would be 

 preferred as the paper alone will tear 

 if not handled carefully. 



"This mash box woiks like a charm. 

 I have tried several other styles and now 

 build nothing but this for range use." 



It should be added that the mash does 

 not get soiled in these hoppers as likely 

 as that may seem. They are quite rain 

 proof. Two such boxes to a brooder 

 house should prove ample until the pullets 

 aie hou.sed. 



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NEW PRICES OCTOBER 2nd, 1923 



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CHASE MOTOR COMPANY 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



24 Center Street 



Telephone 470 



TESTING CREA.M IN .'\GRICrLTURAL L.^BORATORY 



SMITH VOCATIONAL SCHOOL 



(Smith's Agricultural School) 



Teaching is specialized work; farming is a specialized occupation. 



The AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT gives instruction in tho.se 

 phases of farming that cannot be taught at home. 



To become interested in a vocation, one must know the science that 

 underlies its practices. 



To interest your boy in farming, send him to Smith Vocational 

 School in Northampton where he will continue High School Studies with 

 the practice of technical farming. Shop work, laboratory work, field 

 woik and class loom work. 



Tuition and books free to you. 



Send for new catalog. 



H. N. LoOiMis, Director. 



Northampton, Mass. 



