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birds will be shoved back and will have to take what is left 



Second: The box must be constructed to prevent the birds 

 from getting into it or perching on top of it, thus taking up the 

 room or fouling the feed. 



Third: The J)ox must not be so deep nor wide that birds cannot 

 stand on the floor and reach ail the feed. The thickness of the 

 side pieces which the birds must reach over must not be so great 

 tnat the birds cannot bend their necks over same and reach 

 down to the grain. A bird's neck is not very long and therefore 

 they cannot leach very much feed after reaching over a board 

 an inch thick. 



Fourth: The box should be movable so it can be emptied out 

 and constructed so as to be easily cleaned. A good plan is to 

 dip feed boxes into whitewash made of lime about once a month 

 which will keep them dry, clean and pure inside and out. 



There are several kinds of feed boxes in use but I have seen 

 none so good and practical as the two that I designed. One to be 

 used in connection with my "aisle in front" plan and the other 

 to be used inside of the nest room in the absence of the front 

 aisle. 



The aisle feed box is made as follows: First make four ends 

 6 inches square out of one-half inch thick lumber. Saw oft a 

 three-inch corner from two Of them by cutting from the center 

 of one side of the block across, the corner to the center of tho 

 end of the block, and then double the four blocks by nailing 

 the two whole blocks- to the two blocks with the corners off. 

 This doubling up will give you two end blocks six inches square 

 and one inch thick except at one comer where the blocks will 

 be one-half inch thick. Nail a three inch board two and one- 

 half feet long to the ends. This will form the bottom of tlic 

 feed box. The two sawed oft corners must be turned toward 

 each other and the bottom board nailed to one of the three inch 

 wide portions of the ends. Then nail another three inch wdde 

 board two and one-half feet long to the other three inch wide 

 parts of the ends. This will leave a space between these two 

 and one-half feet long boards about four and one-half inches 

 wide. Over same nail a one-half inch board two feet and seven 

 inches long which should fit into the two off-sets of the comers 

 across the two ends, and form a slanting bottom at the back 



