A MODEL FEED-BOX.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3612, 20 January 1906, Page 4

A MODEL FEED-BOX.

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The cut ahowsi a feed bo* that the hena cannot get into, and l with which they cannot crowd each other. The cover (which slopes so that the hens will not fly tipon 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 to keep water in. In this position it can neither be soiled nor spilled.—Orange Judd Farmer.

Rational Diet tor Chickens.

If it is desired to create a gilosey plumage for exhibition purposes, a little millet and sunflower seed may also be thrown occasionally into the scratch pile. Bright red combs and wattles dome with good health, and are found among laying hena. Good health comes as a result'of good sanitary conditions, pure feed, fresh water, and cleau quarters. Corn is a very wholesome article of debt for chickens, at times, 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.