I recently changed the feed I use for my ASFs. I've used the Mazuri 6f all along, but paying $32 per bag got a bit outrageous. So I credit Mike Cavanaugh for finding the feed that I now use. It's a hog feed (costs about $10/bag) but instead of blocks of food how the Mazuri feed is produced, the hog feed is in tiny millet form, which makes my 1/2" hoppers useless for dispersing food. I tried simply dumping a handful in the tub, but after one day it was hard to even see how much they had eaten or buried. So I tried to make a new dispenser for the millet feed.

I bought a 1 1/4" PVC pipe for about $5, and I cut the piping into 8" sections. Each T fitting was $0.63.
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Next, I drilled out 4 holes with a 1/2" bit. I also drilled with a circular motion to take out the edges and make the holes a little more accessible.
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I cut out 1/4" screening to loosely hold the millet in the T connection. All you have to do is trace the opening of the PVC over the screening to make a nice snug screen. You don't need any glue or anything. The pressure of the wire screen on the plastic should do the trick.
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Next, use your PVC primer and PVC glue on your fittings.
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And put 'em together...
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I'm sure there are more attractive ways of mounting them, but in case I need to take them off and change something, I simply drilled two screws into opposite ends of the tip of the PVC pipe which supports the dispenser from the screen lid.
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I left the old hoppers that I used to have for the Mazuri block just in case I happen to find some cheap lab block in the future...

Like I said earlier, the sole reason I changed from Mazuri to the new stuff is the price... $32 vs $10 is a big difference. And these dispensers cost very little to make and not much effort.

Well hopefully this helps anyone deciding to use a millet feed!