A MODEL FEED-BOX.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3585, 14 October 1905, Page 4

A MODEL FEED-BOX.

If MW Cannot Get Into It, Jf either Can lb* Greedy Uird* Crowd Out , the Weaker Mm. * ““ The cut shows a feed box that the hens cannot get into, and' 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

i thrown into the box without raising the cover. The hens, moreover, do not like to fly up ami alight upon this netting. A square pan should be placed ,n one end of the box to keep water in. In this position it can neither be soiled nor spilled.—Onnige Judd Farmer. I Ratio mil Diet for Chicken*. If it is desired to create a glossy plumage fovexbibitiou purposes, a little millet and sunflower seed may also be thrown occasionally into the scratch pile. Bright red combs and wattles oome with good health, and are found among laying hens. Good health comes as a result of good sanitary conditions, pure feed, fresh water,clean quarters. Corn is a very wholesome article of debt for chickens, at t imes, and under certain circumstances. But 'the common practice is to use it to the exclusion of all other forms of food. Wheat is by far the best grain, and is always permissible.—Rural World. One advantage of the modern hive is that the bees can readily be kept-in the