124 MAKING POULTRY PAY 



A self feeder and exerciser is shown in Figure 49. 

 It is a box two feet long, eight inches wide and ten to 

 twelve inches high with a V-shaped trough inverted in 

 the bottom to throw the grain at either side. The 

 lower four inches of the 

 feeder on each side is cov- 

 ered with one-quarter 

 inch mesh wire netting 

 which keeps the grain 

 from running out while; 

 the fowls can take out 

 a kernel or two. The i,l 

 feeder should be hung so '*' 8' ^^k* 



that the fowls have to fig. 49— SELF feeder 

 jump from six to twelve inches to get at the grain. 

 This feeder has been used very successfully by a large 

 eastern breeder. 



It is generally considered that poultry lik£ a 

 variety of food and do better when the rations are 

 frequently changed than where one or two things are 

 fed continuously. An Iowa poultry keeper, who has 

 been very successful in securing winter eggs, varies the 

 ration from day to day and feeds as follows : ^londay 

 morning, sheaf oats; night, warm mash; Tuesday 

 morning, vegetables; noon, cut green bone; night,, 

 cracked corn scattered in litter; Wednesday morning, 

 sheaf wheat ; evening, warm mash ; Thursday morning, 

 vegetables ; noon, whole wheat in litter ; night, whole 

 corn and crushed oats; Friday morning, vegetables; 

 noon, green cut bone; night, cracked corn in litter; 

 Saturday morning, sheaf wheat ; evening, warm mash ; 

 Sunday morning, vegetables ; noon, whole wheat in 

 litter; night, whole and cracked corn and wheat in 

 litter. The sheaf wheat or oats fed in the morning 

 keep the fowls busy all day, so that no more feed is 

 required. The mash consists of cooked potatoes or 



