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POULTRY APPLIANCES AND HANDICRAFT 



It should be fitted with a cork having a groove at one 

 side for convenience when replacing the bottle after 

 refilling. A shallow dish may be used instead of the 

 wooden box. 



Figure 27 shows the invention of an exasperated 

 poultryman whose hens with chicks insisted on scratch- 



FIG 27 : CASING FOR WATER CAN 



ing over the water dish as soon as possible. It is of 

 four square pieces of plank, all but the lower section 

 being hollowed out enough to admit the water can. 

 The whole thing being quite heavy, it cannot be upset 

 by the fowls. If the dish is a deep one, a stone should 

 be kept in it to prevent chicks from drowning. 



FIG 28: SAFE WATER DISH 



A water dish in which chicks are never drowned 

 appears in Figure 28. There is a wooden box eighteen 

 inches long and four inches wide. It should be about 

 two inches deep on the inside. The cover is a board 

 one inch thick, with four or five three-fourths-inch 



