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ANOTHER LAZY MAN’S METHOD. 
An excellent contrivance, by means of 
which fowls can let themselves out of 
the chicken house in the early morn¬ 
ing, while the poultryman is still asleep, 
is the invention of Charles V. Keeler of 
Winamac, Inch, a well-known breeder of 
White Wyandottes. It consists of a box 
which is open at one end to fit around 
the small door in the side of the chicken 
house through which the birds are ac¬ 
customed to pass in and out. The other 
end is closed by a hinged door A, cov¬ 
ered with poultry wire. The bottom of 
the box is a little shorter than the top, 
and near the opening into the chicken 
house a false bottom B is hinged to it. 
To the outer end of this false bottom a 
cord is fastened which passes up through 
the top of the box, over two pulleys, or 
through two screw-eyes, and is attached 
to a wire hook H that is so arranged 
as to hold in position the wire cov¬ 
ered door A, when the box is closed. 
A weight of lead or iron, near the point 
of attachment of the cord to the hook, 
counterbalances the weight of the false 
bottom and relieves the hook from strain. 
Care should be taken to make an ac- 
RENTAL OF SEPARATORS. 
I have been using my neighbor's sepa¬ 
rator to run my milk through for the past 
two weeks, about 45 quarts a day, and 
would like to know what would be a fair 
price for the use of it by the week. 
Connecticut. e. b. 
A fair rental for a separator would 
be 12 per cent of its cost per year. This 
would be six per cent interest on the 
investment and six per cent for wear of 
machine, which would be a fair esti¬ 
mate of the actual cost. If a higher 
rental is charged I would consider all 
in excess of the above as profit. If, 
however, your neighbor uses his ma¬ 
chine himself, and you have to haul 
your milk to his place and return twice 
a day for the purpose of separating it, 
the charge should be about half of the 
amount stated, provided you furnish 
your own power; but if he furnishes 
power to run the machine in addition to 
the use of the separator of course that 
would be an extra charge. In any case 
the charge should not be more than $1 
or $2 per month, as it is not a money¬ 
making proposition, but more of a favor 
to help a neighbor. c. s. G. 
• SELF-OPENING HENHOUSE DOOR. 
Fig. 288. 
curate adjustment and not have the bal¬ 
ancing weight too heavy. 
When the chicken house is closed at 
night the wire-covered front A is raised 
up and held in position by drawing down 
the hook H. The length of the cord 
should be regulated so that this pro¬ 
cedure will raise the false bottom B 
three or four inches from the real bot¬ 
tom of the box. In the morning the 
daylight shows through the wire-covered 
door and invites the birds to go out. 
When the first one steps on the false 
bottom B the hook H is pulled up, re¬ 
leasing the door A, which falls down 
and opens the house for all its inmates. 
This releasing contrivance may be con¬ 
structed very cheaply of rough mate¬ 
rials and the dimensions may vary in 
any way to suit different conditions. It 
may be fastened as a fixture against the 
side of the chicken house, or be made 
removable and attached to the house by 
a stout hook. wm. r. fisher. 
Pennsylvania. 
A Sucking Cow.—Tell H. L. W., page 
595, to take two hardwood sticks of suffi¬ 
cient length to insure that the cow cannot 
get at her teats. Put one under the other 
over the horns, and bolt through the horns 
as close to the top as he can bore without 
splitting the horn. Try it on an old offen¬ 
der and then—laugh ! f. f. k. 
Lisbon, Ill. 
RATION FOR PROFIT. 
I know little of farming on scientific 
lines, and wish to know what would be the 
best ration, and at the same time the 
cheapest, from the following feeds: Bran 
(wheat), 81-40 per 100 ; linseed meal, 
$1.80; corn and cornmeal, $1.25; sugar 
feed, $1.50; cerealine $1.40; malt, $1.40; 
brewers’ grains, $1.50; wheat middlings, 
$1.50; rye middlings, $1.50; Hammond 
dai' - y food, $1.30. I have both corn fod¬ 
der and mixed or meadow hay for rough- 
age, and am keeping Jerseys and Guern¬ 
seys for the cream, feeding the skim-milk 
to the pigs. f. b. t. 
Hillton, Pa. 
From the feeds mentioned I would se¬ 
lect the following ration for milk pro¬ 
duction ; two pounds dry brewers’ 
grains; two pounds malt sprouts; two 
pounds linseed meal; two pounds Ham¬ 
mond dairy feed; one pound corn and 
cob meal. Of course this combination 
is subject to variations to suit special 
conditions. When cows are out on 
good pasture during the flush season it 
is not necessary to feed much linseed 
meal, and the corn and cob meal can 
be increased if the cows are growing 
thin in flesh. This ration is about 
right for a good sized Jersey or Guern¬ 
sey giving 10 or 12 quarts of milk per 
day, and should be increased or de¬ 
creased for cows giving more or less 
milk. c. s. g. 
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