AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



lose its warmth; sprinkle with warm water and 

 thoroughly stir the grain around morning and 

 evening, in order to prevent the sprouts from mat- 

 ting together in masses and to equalize the germin- 

 ation of the sprouts in various parts of the box; 

 in a day or two they will commence to generate 

 heat, and then may soon be fed. In the winter 

 time the germination must be carried on in a com- 

 paratively warm room, but in the summer time 

 almost any location will do. 



A constant and never-failing supply of pure, 

 fresh water is as necessary for the health and com- 

 The Supply f r t of poultry as any other kind of 

 of Drinking live stock. At the same time it is 

 Water unnecessary to supply water three or 



four times a day, except perhaps in extreme cold 

 weather, when this has to be done to keep the water 

 from freezing. Fountains should be of sufficient 

 size that they shall not have to be filled more than 

 once a day; but no matter how big the fountain is, 

 fresh water should be supplied every day, as other- 

 wise it will become stale and more or less foul. 

 When fresh water is given, it should not merely be 

 added to that already in the vessel, but all the old 

 water should be thrown away and replaced with 

 fresh. Warm water should always be supplied 

 in cold weather, especially to little chicks. It is 

 a good plan to scald out the drinking vessels 

 every week or two, adding a little good disinfectant 



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