. The national standard squab book. A practical manual giving complete and precise directions for the installation and management of a successful squab plant. Pigeons. Self-Feeder fok Graix. This trough gives excellent satisfaction with us. We do not sell it, but will tell you how to have it made. It is four feet long. At the bottom of this page you will see a sectional view of it. The grain is put into the hopper, H. It drops in the direction indicated by the arrows into the spaces, AA^ where it is eaten by the birds. As fast as they eat, more drops down. Tlie strip through which they stick t
. The national standard squab book. A practical manual giving complete and precise directions for the installation and management of a successful squab plant. Pigeons. Self-Feeder fok Graix. This trough gives excellent satisfaction with us. We do not sell it, but will tell you how to have it made. It is four feet long. At the bottom of this page you will see a sectional view of it. The grain is put into the hopper, H. It drops in the direction indicated by the arrows into the spaces, AA^ where it is eaten by the birds. As fast as they eat, more drops down. Tlie strip through which they stick their heads is three inches wide and the slots are cut with a band or keyhole saw. The Y at the bottom of the trough is made from a solid piece of four by four. It is solid so that rats cannot get inside of it and hide and pilfer the gram. The inch square pieces at the front of the bottom prevent the birds from pecking the grain out on to the floor. One-inch lumber is used in the con- struction for every part except the slot-boards, BB, which are three-eighths inches thick. The top and bottom are of twelve-inch boards, the sides of ten-inch boards. The top is held in place by a hook and eye at each end as pictured. The trough will hold from three days' to two weeks' supply of grain, depending on the size of the flock. Put the trough not In the flying pen, but inside the squab house. Or, you may build a half-trough (slot-board down one side only) and set it in the passageway, and it will fill the space between the lower tier of nest boxes and the floor. Here it may be filled from the passageway, and you will not have to enter the unit pen. We have tried all kmds of self-feeders and recommend this pattern as the best of all. If you adopt it in connection v\ ith the dowel system (illustrated on previous page) your dowels will be used only behind the drinker, this trough taking up four feet of the rest of the space. Make it either longer or shorter than four feet, to suit the size o
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