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that the chick may grind its first hard food. As 

 nature provides nourishment for a chicken for a 

 day or two after it is hatched, grit is not absolutely 

 needed until the third or fourth day, provided the 

 first food is quite soft. 



DKINKING FOUNTAINS 



One of the difficult problems that the amateur 

 poultryman has to solve is how best to keep pure 

 drinking water continually before the little chick- 



Fig. 72. A movable coop, showing a good device. 



ens. Small chickens drink frequently, and as their 

 little beaks are sometimes more or less loaded with 

 soft food, which is deposited in the drinking foun- 

 tain whenever the beak becomes wet, the question 

 of how to keep the water pure is not an easy one 

 to solve. As it is necessary to keep the drinking 



