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tion in the hands of successful poultrymen, may 

 be constructed as follows (Fig. 43) : an ordinary 

 shallow milk pan is placed on a block or shallow 

 box, the top of which is four or five inches from 

 the floor. The water or milk to be drunk by the 

 fowls is placed in this pan. Over the pan is 

 placed a board cover supported on pieces of lath 

 about eight inches long nailed to the cover so 

 that they are about two inches apart, the lower 

 ends resting on the box which forms the support 

 of the pan. In order to drink from the pan, it is 

 necessary for the fowls to insert their heads be- 

 tween these pieces of lath. The cover over the 

 pan and the strips of lath at the sides prevent the 

 poultry from fouling 

 the water in any man- 

 ner except in the act 

 of drinking. When 

 drinking pans of ^ 

 this kind are used, 

 it is very easy to 

 cleanse and scald 

 them with hot 

 water as occasion demands. This arrangement 

 can be carried a little further by placing a pan 

 or, what would be still better, a long, narrow 

 dish, something like a tin bread -tray, on a low 

 shelf a few inches from the floor and hinging the 

 cover to one side of the poultry house so that 



Fig. 43. A shallow milk pan used as a 

 water basin, and protected with a board 

 cover having supports of laths. 



