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perfect, and which you are all at liberty to use if 

 you like it, is from twelve to fourteen feet long, 

 twenty-two inches wide, with a tight bottom ; the 



upper sides let in by 

 ssass. the scantling at the 



ends and middle, and 

 all the box, except 

 the bottom, put to- 

 gether with good 

 stout screws. (See 

 annexed figure and 

 description, original- 

 ly published in the 

 Country Gentleman.) 

 I claim for this 

 box economy, expe- 

 dition and cleanli- 

 ness. 



Description of the Feeding Box. — Feeding 

 Box 12 or 14 ft. long, and 22 Inches wide— 

 the bottom slanting from both sides and 

 resting on a board in the middle, forming 

 a complete trough ior grain or roots. The 

 bottom side boards should be 11 or 12 

 inches wide — then a space left of 8 or 10 

 inches according to size of sheep— then 

 the top boards, 8 inches wide— the ends 

 and sides to match. Corner pieces of 

 scantling in the inside, of hemlock or 

 oak, as pine will not hold a nail or screw, 

 the latter of which is preferable in putting 

 them together. 



The sheep cannot upset the feeder nor his basket, 

 as he carries it on his shoulder or in his arms to 

 the first box ; he walks up perfectly straight, and 

 scatters the feed from the basket evenly and 

 quickly through all the boxes in the yard, the 

 sheep falling in behind him, just as well drilled 

 soldiers fall in line at the tap of the drum — the 

 whole time consumed for putting grain in four of 



