40 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 



TIDY NESTS. 



Hens often get the habit of sitting on the edge of their 

 nests, and this results in the defilement of the nests and 

 prevents other hens using them. A roller may be ar- 

 ranged at the front so that the fowls cannot roost upon 



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it, nor stand on it to fight other hens from them. The 

 end partitions are raised 2 inches at the front above the 

 others, and a roller or 8-sided rod, 2 inches thick, is fast- 

 ened with a wooden pin at each end so that it will turn 

 easily and a hen cannot roost upon it. * 



PNEUMATIC FOUNTAIN. 



To prevent young chicks from fouling the water in 

 the saucers in which it is given to them, take a common 

 fruit can, remove the top, and cut or file but one (and 

 lhat a triangular) notch, only J inch high for a saucer or 

 pan in which water will stand f to 1 inch deep, as indi- 

 cated in the en graving Fig. 25. Fill the can with water, 

 place the saucer on top, and quickly reverse it, and you 

 have a "pneumatic " fountain holding about one quart, 

 which the chickens cannot foul. As the water is drunk 

 or evaporates, more runs out of the can, keeping the 

 saucer always full to the height of the notch, 



