42 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 



WINTER FOUNTAIN. 



Poultry sometimes suffer greatly in winter through 

 having their water supply cut off by freezing. There is 

 some difficulty in keeping them constantly supplied with 

 water in severe weather, but it can be done if one appre- 

 ciates the necessity. A method is here illustrated which 

 has proved of great value. A cask or flour-barrel is sawed 

 in two, and one half used as the covering to the water-jug. 

 An earthen jug is so fastened into the half-barrel by 

 means of cross-pieces that its mouth will come near the 

 tottom of the tub, upon one side a piece of a stave being 



Fig. 27. 



removed at that point. The space around the jug is filled 

 with fermenting horse-manure, and slats are nailed 

 across when the " fountain" is ready for use. Fill the 

 jug with water and cork it ; then invert the tub, bring- 

 ing the mouth of the jug over a basin, as shown in the 

 engraving. When the cork is withdrawn the water will 

 flow until the mouth of the jug is covered ; it will then 

 cease, and as the water is used, more will come from the 

 jug, and so on, forming a continuous self-acting foun- 

 tain. Such a contrivance will keep the water from 

 freezing, except in the coldest winter weather. The jug 

 should be emptied at night. 



