Poultry cage row support system

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A POULTRY ENCLOSURE COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED WIRE MESH CAGE ROW FORMING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL CAGES AND FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY ARRANGED WIRE MEMBERS; CAGE ROW SUPPORTS ENGAGING THE HORIZONTALLY ARRANGED WIRE MEMBERS AT THE TOP PORTION OF SAID CAGE ROW AT SPACED INTERVALS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF AND SUSPENDING SAID ELONGATED CAGE NOW IN ELEVATED FASHION; A RELATIVELY RIGID SUPPLY TROUGH RUNNING THE LENGTH OF SAID CAGE ROW ALONG ONE SIDE THEREOF; A PLURALITY OF TROUGH HANGERS AFFIXING SAID TROUGH TO SAID CAGE ROW AT POINTS IN PROXIMATE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CAGE ROW SUPPORTS SO THAT THE WEIGHT OF SAID TROUGH IS SUPPORTED SUBSTANTIALLY BY VERTICALLY ARRANGED WIRE MEMBERS LOCATED IN APPROXIMATE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CAGE ROW SUPPORTS WHEREBY SAID LAST MENTIONED VERTICALLY ARRANGED WIRE MEMBERS ARE IN TENSION, SAID CAGE PROVIDING THE ONLY SUPPORT FOR SAID TROUGH;