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METHODS OF POULTRY MANAGEMENT. 



finer parts being blown away, and on this account the dry-mash 

 should be put in a sheltered place out of the reach of wind. 



AN IMPROVED RANGE FEED TROUGH. 



The type of slatted feed trough described above is open to 

 certain objections. It is very difficult to keep the grain dry in 

 it in wet stormy weather. Furthermore, the fact that very 

 small chickens cannot use this type of trough entails additional 

 labor. There must be flat boards with narrow rims for the very 

 young chickens in adition to the range troughs for the older 



FIG. 9. Chicken feeding trough with cover removed. 



chicks. An improved range trough obviates both of these dis- 

 advantages and has other points to recommend it. The essential 

 features of this trough are shown in Figs. 10 to 12. The im- 

 provements consist, first, in making the slatted front of the 

 trough removable as a whole, leaving then a flat board bottom 

 with a rail in front of it an inch high to hold the grain in place. 

 With the slat front removed the trough duplicates the condi- 

 tions of the flat chick feeding board, used by many poultry 

 keepers for feeding chicks during the first two or three weeks 

 of life. As the chicks grow older this slatted front can be put 

 on the trough and held in place with the hooks and eyes shown 

 in the photograph. 



