A PORTABLE SHEEP FEEDER.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 12 September 1925, Page 8

A PORTABLE SHEEP FEEDER.

Easily Made By a Handy Man..

'The above illustration shows a self Jfaader for sheep, which can lie readily .Baade by any man reasonably handy jiifcth tools. Fitted with ruimt-rs. it Igggd b® easily moved to any uesirod *#eitlon. It is 12 feet long. live root •IfftAe at the top, and two fe< t at the 'Jisttom, exclusive of the. trough. The iSUnners may be made of round sap’.JJiUgS or 4in. M 2in. hardwood. 1 itroe pieces of hardwood are boiled on the isnumers, and then the tratne is hui.t. the framework (4ft. Bin. * r _ oin ifcpttom to top), 3in. x --n. and • in. ijEP'lin. timber is required. Plain tjaljy.ntHP.ft iron is the best for luting iho «Cies and ends; although ‘nrrug:: ted

will do if the other is not obtainable. By cutting sheets eight feet long in half to line the sides a space is left for the feet to come through into the trough. The floor should be of smooth hoards or plain iron, with a rise of .about six incites in the centre, as shown by the dotted lines. The reef should he of corrugated iron fn.'f-ned in such a way that one end can be easily moved Lor refilling. By putting a lid on, the trough the sheep can feed oniy while it is hooked back. When not required for feeding sheep tli-.' trough makes a convenient re- ! f. i.tacle for shall or grain, etc.