BRIGGS' SYSTEM OF 



CHAPTER VI. 



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 bottom 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 out- 

 side. Now for your front put first board, one inch 

 from bottom and one inch from your other board, let- 

 ting top of board come even with outside front of 

 feeder. Then board up on outside. This lets your 

 feed come out in front. No-^v 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 1I/2 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 charcoal 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. 



