THE PEOPLE S PRACTICAL POULTRY BOOK. 



cheap and substantial feed or water dish is shown in figure 4. The sides of 

 an old tin pan are connected together by a net-work of wire passing through 

 holes beneath the rim, and crossing above the center at the various angles.. 



DRINKING FOUNTAINS. 



Figure 1 shows a barrel fountain ; it has a small tube extending from the 

 cask to a shallow dish or pan, which should be small, so that the fowls cannot 

 get into it and soil the water. Figure 2 shows a bottle fountain, which may 



FIG. 1. BARREL FOUNTAIN. 



FIG. 2. BOTTLE FOUNTAIN. 



be made by taking a two or three inch plank and scooping it out one and 

 a half inches, forming a shallow trough ; then make a frame similar to the 

 figure shown, and insert the neck of the bottle, the nozzle reaching to within 

 three-quarters of an inch of the bottom of the trough. Either of these de- 

 signs will answer all purposes of a drinking fountain for the poultry yard. 



THE ORDINARY POULTRY FOUNTAIN 



is too well known to need description, but a rather better form than is usually 

 made is shown in figure 3. The advantages of such a construction are two; 



FIG. 3. 



FIG. 4. 



the top being open, and fitted with a cork, the state of the interior can be 

 examined, and the vessel well sluiced through to remove the green slime 



