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POULTRY HOUSES AND FIXTURES 



two-inch square hole in hopper directly over hole in board 

 and secure same by screwing standards to top of board. 

 The lid of hopper is to be made similar to hinged door on 

 bottom of board. 



Spreader To be made of metal, conical in shape, and 



12 inches in dia- 

 meter at base, sus- 

 pended with wire 

 hangers soldered to 

 spreader and 

 screwed to bottom 

 of board. Hangers 

 are to be of proper 

 length to suspend 

 spreader low enough 

 to clear hinged door 

 when open. 



Clock An o r d i - 

 nary alarm clock is 

 then placed in such 

 a position that it 

 brings the center of 

 spool over center of 

 FIG. 209 TROLLEY FEED CARRIER board. After clock 



has been securely 



fastened with metal strap, which is bent over top of 

 clock and screwed at each end to top of board, plumb 

 down from side of spool and bore hole through which 

 string passes. On bottom of board under hole place 

 small wooden pulley around which string passes from 

 spool to trigger. 



Spool To be secured to alarm winder in a sub- 

 stantial manner by welding a short shaft to winder over 

 which slip spool and secure with set screw. 



Finally Wind clock and set at correct time, then give 

 spool (alarm) about two turns after setting alarm for the 

 desired time you wish to feed. When the hour comes you 

 have set your alarm for, the spool will turn, winding up 



FIG. 211 CROSS SECTION OF 

 WATERING PLATFORM 



FIG. 210 TRQLLEY ON WIRE CABLE 



the string which pulls the trigger and liberates the hinged 

 door. The grain then falls upon the spreader and scat- 

 ters in all directions. The feeder is to be hung from 

 ceiling of poultry house near roof, or can be suspended 

 out of doors if so desired. The birds will soon become 

 familiar with the ringing of the alarm and know it is time 

 for the meal. 



MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT 



Various Handy Devices for Making the Poultry Work 

 Lighter, and Saving Time. 



A Mash Pail. 



Where mash is to be fed," either wet or dry, .a pail 

 with a hood that will keep the mash from spilling will be 

 found a decided con- 

 venience. Such a pail 

 in shown in Fig. 206 

 and can be used in 

 fulling hoppers or pour- 

 ing mash into troughs 

 without having any 

 of the contents 

 wasted. 



A Trolley Feed 

 Carrier 



In long compart- 

 ment houses a trolley 

 by means of which 

 feed, litter, droppings, 

 etc., can be conveyed 

 back and forth, relieves the caretaker of much hard work. 

 The carrier illustrated in Fig. 210 runs on a wire cable 

 and is provided with a grapple by which feed box, bar- 

 rels for droppings, bales of straw, etc., are readily picked 

 up and pushed 

 along to their des- 

 tination with a 

 minimum of ef- 

 fort. Where trol- 

 leys are used, the 

 partition doors 

 generally are made 

 m pairs and hung 

 on double - action 

 spring hinges, the 

 carrier pushing 

 them open with- 

 out special atten- 

 tion from the at- 

 tendant. 



Fig. 209 shows 

 another method of 

 installing trolleys, 

 using 2x4 timbers 

 to form the track 

 and s u s p e nding 

 these on metal 

 stirrups. The box 

 shown in illustra- 

 tion is held by 

 hooks which can 



readily be disen- 



gaged and used in 



handling other FIG - 212 HOME-MADE OATS 



loads STPROUTER 



Photo from Purdue University. 



