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illustrates a little trough for cliicks. It is of wood 

 two inches deep and ten inches long for thirty chicks. 

 The ends are one and one-half inches higher, so a slat 

 can be put on it to keep the dirt out of it. It should be 

 placed in a coop where the larger birds cannot enter. 

 A good feeder for dry cooked feed or dry meal and 

 grain for chicks is shown in Figure 4. Make a trough 

 exactly as for a pig except that it has a crack one-fourth 

 of an inch wide at the bottom. Raise the trough a little 

 above the ground by means of two strips, c, fastened 

 to the ends, h, and place a board, d, beneath the crack 

 of sufficient width that the chicks may eat from it ; two 

 and one-half inches is sufficient. Cover the top, d, and 

 the trough is complete. By it the food is kept fresh and 

 clean, yet the chicks may help themselves at any time. 



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FIG 4: DRY FEED FOR CHICKS 



Bement's feeding hopper is not a patent afifair, 

 and is a serviceable contrivance for those who practice 

 the plan of letting the fowls help themselves to their 

 ration of whole grain. In Figure 5, the end section 

 shows size and operation, a is a flap or hinged door, 

 to be opened and shut at pleasure ; b, a hinged cover, 

 through which feed is supplied ; c, an incline, throwing 

 the corn or other grain as wanted into the feeding 

 trough. This feeding hopper will answer a very good 

 purpose where there are no rats or mice. 



Feeders for Shell, Bone and Grit — Sharp grit, 

 broken oyster or clam shells and charcoal in granular 

 form are necessary for the health and productiveness 

 of fowls. An excellent box for supplying these is 



