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for shells and grit, which are replenished on an average of once 

 a month. 



Buckets of known uniform capacity are used for distributing 

 the feed and other supplies, which obviates the necessity for 

 weighing and feeding. Let us say, a certain-sized bucket con- 

 tains forty pounds of scratch grains: If the feeder throws half 

 of it to one pen and a quarter to another, and then four buckets 



Fig. 72. — Substantial set of poultry buildings. 



to a larger house, he enters twenty, ten and a hundred and sixty 

 pounds respectively on each slate. 



The same bucket will probably hold about thirty pounds of 

 dry mash, and about eighty pounds of grit or shells. At the end 

 of the month all slates are brought to the office, totaled, entered 

 in a book and wiped clean for the next month. 



Tell-Tales. — If the record of a particular house indicates a 

 falling off in feed along with a decrease in eggs, or if the egg record 



