POULTRY NOTES I9II-I913. . I5I 



width I foot, 10 inches; height i foot, 6 inches. In the top of 

 this is cut a round hole, 12 inches in diameter which is pro- 

 tected by a hinged cover 15 inches by iz] 1-2 inches. This 

 galvanized box has no bottom. It is placed on top of the grate 

 bars, and held firmly in place by cement Worked up around its 

 lower edges. At the back end of this iron cremating box is an 

 opening for a stove pipe, which is necessary in order to give the 

 proper draught. It is found in practice that only a short piece 

 of stove pipe is necessary to get sufficient draught to make a 

 very hot fire, which entirely consumes the birds in a few hours. 

 The funnel may best be left removable so that when the crema- 

 tory is not in use it can be taken off and stored inside the 

 wooden box, which then sets over the galvanized iron portion 

 to protect it from the weather. 



It is important in locating a crematory of this kind to plan 

 matters so that there will be good drainage from around it. 

 In particular pains should be taken to insure that water does 

 not run into the firebox and freeze during the winter. 



In operation the apparatus works as follows : Dead birds 

 are thrown into the incinerating chamber through the opening 

 in the top and the lid closed, while a wood fire is burning in the 

 fire box below^ The aimx should be to use dry wood and get a 

 quick and very hot fire. This first roasts the material and then 

 chars it, and finally reduces it to fine ashes. 



An Improved Range Feed Trough. 



The type of slatted feed trough used here in feeding growing 

 chickens on the range, and described in "Methods of Poultry 

 Management at the Maine Stations'" (Circular 471 \ 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 board^s with narrow rims for the very 

 young chickens in addition to the range troughs for the older 

 chicks. An improved range trough devised by the Station poul- 

 tryman, Mr. Frank W. Tenney, obviates both of these disad- 

 vantages and has other points to recommend it. The essential 

 features of this trough are shown in Figs. 61 to 63. The im- 

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



