CHAPTER VII 

 Making of Hoppers 



Your feed hopper should be made large enough to 

 take a bag of feed^ one hundred pounds, which is sure 

 to last a flock of sixty layers a full week. To make 

 this, take a common hemlock board, twelve inches wide, 

 for bottom and ends, saw a piece two feet long for 

 bottom, two pieces three feet long for ends. Nail these 

 together, ends in bottom. Now use tongue and groove 

 boards for back and front. To put in your back, fit 

 your first board inside of ends, letting it come on bot- 

 tom in center of hopper and top edge of board even with 

 back of hopper, putting rest of back boards even with 

 outside. Better put rest of boards on outside. Now for 

 your front put first board, one inch from bottom and one 

 inch from your other board, letting top of board come 

 even with outside front of feeder. Then board up on 

 outside. This lets your feed come out in front. Now 

 put a four-inch strip across front at bottom. This keeps 

 your hens from throwing out the grain. 



Now make another hopper about quarter size of this 

 one for beef scraps. Make it in the same manner, only 

 make the throat of it fully one and a half inches instead 

 of one inch, as beef scraps will not feed readily like 

 other grain and you will often have to give it a kick, as it 

 will clog up easily. A nice way is to give it a kick every 

 night when you gather the eggs. You can also make a 

 three-department box for oyster shells, grit, and char- 

 coal, which should be kept before them at all times — grit 

 to grind their feed, oyster shells for lime in making 

 shells, etc , and charcoal for medicine. 



Another hopper which can be made at no expense 

 and is grand for feeding beef scraps is as follows : Get 

 a box at grocery store, say 15 inches long. 5 inches wide, 

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