A MODEL FEED-BOX.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3569, 5 September 1905, Page 4

A MODEL FEED-BOX.

Bmw Ottnnol Into tt. Neither Gas iho Greet!y I;lrd« Crowd Out the Wealier'Ones. The cut shows-.’ a feed box that the herns cannot gel into, and 1 with which they cannot crowd each other. The cover (which slopes so that the hens will not fly upon it) is covered'with wire netting-, which permits dry grain to be

thrown into the box without raising the cover. The hens moreover, do not like to fly up and alight upon this netting. A square pan should be placed n one end of the box in keep water in. In this position it can neither be soiled nor spilled.—Orange Judd Farmer. Rational Diet for Chicken*,. If It is desired .to create a glossy plumage for exhibition purposes, a little millet and suullowcr seed.may also be thrown* occasionally : nto the scratch pile. .Bright red combs and wattles oome with good heuith, and arc found among laying hen-.-. Good health comes as a result ■of good sanitary conditions, pure feed, fresh ‘.v;r.and dean, quarters. Corn is u very wholesome article of debt for chickens, a: U-ines, and under certain circumstance-. But the common precise is to use it to the exclusion of all other forms of food. Wheat is by far the best grain, and is always permissible.- Tlnral World. One-advantage of the modern hive is that the bee? ear. readily be kept-in the