. The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine . Plan End E l e: vat ion. Section on Line I-II. l-ig. 1. it is only occasionally that a rat will pull a little feed entirely out of the feederon to the tloor of the cage. In our feeding tests, each feeder is examined dailj,feces being removed from the floor of the vestibule and any feed in the waste-feed receptacle, unless unclean, is returned to the hopper, which is ta]iped toknock down the feed within reach of the rat. The feeder is weighed at the WATER-BATH TOPS 689 end of the week and the feed remaining in the hopper is transferred
. The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine . Plan End E l e: vat ion. Section on Line I-II. l-ig. 1. it is only occasionally that a rat will pull a little feed entirely out of the feederon to the tloor of the cage. In our feeding tests, each feeder is examined dailj,feces being removed from the floor of the vestibule and any feed in the waste-feed receptacle, unless unclean, is returned to the hopper, which is ta]iped toknock down the feed within reach of the rat. The feeder is weighed at the WATER-BATH TOPS 689 end of the week and the feed remaining in the hopper is transferred to a cleanfeeder, which is filled with additional feed and weighed. The dirty feeder iscleaned and then sterilized in live steam. A reserve supply of approximatelyone-half the number of feeders in use is maintained so as to facilitate opera-tions. In the light of several months experience with the self-feeder described(approximately eighty are now in use), the following slight modifications aresuggested: (1) Increase the depth of the waste-feed receptacle (A)
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