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which forms the bottom of the hopper will 

 stand about four inches from the ground. 

 The upper part of these end-pieces is cut 

 angular, so as to receive a peaked roof. 

 Nail a thin piece of board, commonly call- 

 ed thin stuff, four or five inches wide, along 

 each edge of the bottom-plank, so as to rise 

 about an inch arid a half above the plank. 

 A similar strip, but not more than two inch- 

 es wide, is to be nailed from one end to the 

 other, connecting the upper parts of the end- 

 pieces. Against the inner sides of the two 

 end-pieces nail two battens, meeting on the 

 bottom-plank, and forming the letter V, as 

 shown by the dotted lines on the end of fig- 

 ure 1. The distance apart of the upper 

 ends of these battens will be determined, 

 of course, by the width of the end-pieces. 

 Having first fastened narrow upright slips 

 along on each side, wide enough apart to 

 admit the passage of the head of a fowl be- 

 tween them, by nailing them to the top and 

 bottom boards, you take two thin boards, 

 nine or ten inches wide, and place them in- 

 side, resting on the battens on the end-pie- 

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