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HOME-MADE CONVENIENCES 



Handy Paneling— Movable Labor Savers — A Makeshift 

 Grain Feeder — Vertical Nest Series — Comfort First — 

 A Feed Hopper — Swinging Jail for Sitters — Oat- 

 sprouting Cabinet — Summer Coop of Wire — Run for 

 Small Chicks — An Original Coop — Large Piano-box 

 House 



As the average Beginner does not care to make large 

 investments till he has tried things out a bit, one of the 

 things for him to learn at the start is that some home- 

 made contrivance may do just as much good work for 

 him as a higher-priced, patented "supply." Some of 

 these things may come into hourly use, like a feed 

 hopper ; some into daily use ; some only into seasonal 

 use, like the wire weaning coop. 



One of the simple things which may come into daily 

 use during the chick-raising season is a set of panels, 

 two feet, three feet, or four feet wide, it may be. The 

 two-foot panels are nearly always made of irich-mesh 

 netting, as they are chiefly used to confine small chicks. 

 If not told, nearly every poultry raiser learns slowly, 

 through experience in spoiling many of his chicks, that 

 even the smallest chicks must be confined by an inclos- 

 ure that is firm and taut ; and vertical ; else they will 

 soon learn to walk it Kke a tight-rope. If it incline at 

 all, it must be inward, at the top. Three panels, made 

 of wire net, stapled to one- by two-inch frames braced 

 at the middle, may be hinged together. Three strong 



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