ADVOCATES HOPPER FEEDING 



RECOMMENDS FEEDING YOUNG, OLD AND LAYING STOCK BY MEANS OF 

 HOPPER, AS HE BELIEVES IT TO BE THE CHEAPEST, CLEANEST, EASIEST 

 AND BEST WAY TO FEED POULTRY— DIRECTIONS FOR BUILDING HOPPER 



CHARLES WALKER 



IF I were to enumerate the many advantages of feeding 

 with hoppers it would take more time and space than 



I intend this article to occupy. Having read so much 

 about hopper feeding, I came to the conclusion that I should 

 try it for myself and I may say, right now, that I have 

 changed into a hopper feeding advocate. 



The first thing to do is to get a good hopper, 

 which is not so easy a thing as some would have 

 you believe. I saw some hoppers that they use in 

 the east and read about others, but I could not find 

 any that just met my . requirements. I wanted a 

 hopper that you could leave inside or out of doors 

 if one wanted to do so, therefore,! made one 

 which, to my notion, just about filled the bill. 

 It is rain, dirt and waste proof. 



In using hoppers you save time in feeding. 

 All you have to do is to fill up your hopper once a 

 week or so, according to the size of the flock which 

 is feeding from one hopper. It is a money saver 

 because there is no possible chance for the grain 

 to be wasted, nor can the chickens walk and jump 

 around on ,the food as they now do when the grain 

 or mash is fed on the ground or in troughs. This 

 is quite an item as most poultrymen buy their grain and 

 grain costs money. 



A hopper is always clean and on the job and you can 

 sleep longer in the morning and feel assured that your chick- 

 ens are having their food. They do not have to wait for 

 you to feed them as in the old way. You keep water before 

 them constantly and they drink only what they need. Why 

 should we not keep food before them all the time? It seems 

 to me that with hopper feeding the chicks do not eat so 

 much as in the old way, because now every kernel of grain 

 is used (eaten) and there is no waste. 



How to Make a Hopper 



To make the hopper take three boards eight or nine 

 inches wide and thirty inches long, one-half inch thick, and 

 two boards ten inches long, same width as the thirty inch 

 boards, and one inch thick, as these two must stand the 

 most strain. Saw to a point on one end to make the roof 



fit. To support the floor of hopper take two strips, same 

 width, about 1 by 1 by 8 and nail one inch from the straight 

 end of the boards which you have cut to a point. Take one 

 of the large boards and nail it on the strips you nailed to 

 the end boards. You now have the floor of the hopper, also 

 roof ends. 



FEED HOPPER BEAD\ FOR USE . 



View 1- 



-The hopper as it appears when completed and Ulled 

 any other food waich is to be fed dry. 



TO FtLL-^tFT'-ROOF WHICH IS DETACHABLE. 



with grain or 



Take the two remaining thirty inch boards and nail 

 together, forming a half square, which is your roof. Now 

 take four strips two inches wide and thirty inches long and 

 nail two to the top just under 'the roof and two even with 

 the floor of the hopper. This will keep the grain from falling 

 out and also gives something to which to fasten the up and 

 down strips, through which the chickens stick their heads to 

 eat. You can nail strips as close or as far apart as you wish. 

 I nail mine three-fourths of an inch apart, which seems about 

 the right size for small chicks, and one and one-fourth inches 

 for older stock. Your hopper is about ready except the in- 

 side boards or self-feeder. By studying view No. 2 you can 

 nail in two boards on a slant so they will reach to about three- 

 fourths of an inch from the floor of the hopper and be about 

 one-fourth inch apart at bottom, and your hopper is com- 

 plete. Use only hardwood lumber if obtainable, as it is less 

 liable to warp. By using a coat of paint the hopper will 

 last for years. 



The hopper will be so that the 



side if 

 and it 

 empty, 

 no ex- 

 is dry 

 hopper 



END VIE\N 



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SIDE .V\EW 



View 2 — The end view shows the feeding boards as they are in the hopper, 

 the feeding boards are put in place. 



Side view before 



chickens can eat from either 

 built according to directions 

 will feed your flock until it is 

 You have no waste, no worry, 

 penditure of time and the food 

 and clean all the time. This 

 may be left outside or anywhere you 

 care to put it. "I believe that the 

 sooner you begin to use a hopper the 

 better it will be for you and that you 

 will never regret making the change. 

 It goes without saying that you want 

 the best, cheapest, cleanest and easi- 

 est way to feed. My advice to all is: 

 Use hoppers in feeding your young, 

 old and laying stock. 



