RACKS, MANGERS, STAKCHIOHS, ETC. 



covered with a single hinged cover, which can be raised 

 and fastened up. The trough rests on the ground, and 

 a bank of earth three feet wide is raised around it even 



Fig. 30. SECTIONAL VIEW OF TROUGH. 



with the top. At the open end of the trough this bank 

 is eighteen inches thick, and is held up with boards as 

 shown in figure 30. Over all, except the open end, is 

 placed a layer of chaff a foot deep. On the north, west, 

 and south of the well and trough is a tight board fence, 

 one end and side of which are shown in figure 31. 



Fig. 31. THE TROUGH AND SURROUNDINGS. 



Across the open end, just -back of the opening in the 

 trough, barbed wires are stretched across to keep stock 

 off the well and trough. Under the end of the trough 

 nearest the well is placed a drain, made of fence boards, 



