Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1903 — Feeding Hens by Machinery. [ARTICLE]

Feeding Hens by Machinery.

An Oregon farmer has secured a small tract of land a few miles east of Olympia and stocked the place with a few dozen chickens. As lie is compelled to bo away from his home during the day lie studied out a scheme for caring, for his chickens during his absence. In each yard he had erected troughs to hold food for the hens, and these troughs are connected by wire with his house. Within the house Mr. Bernard has connected the wire with an alarm clock with the usual battery attachment. When he leaves home in the' morning lie sets the alarm clock at the hour for feeding the chickens and by an ingenious arrangement when the time arrives the alarm goes off, the connecting wire releases the troughs and the chickens make a rush for their food, u’hicli is spread before them as if Mr Bernard did the job in person.