SUMMER FEEDING 51 
laying a pipe two or three inches under- 
ground. The simplest way to lay such a 
pipe is to plow a furrow, place the pipe, and 
plow the earth back. This arrangement 
keeps the pipe and water cool. If the water 
is allowed to drip slowly into a tub or trough 
there will not be any muddy place around 
the drinking fountain. At the same time 
there will be an ample supply of cool, fresh 
water. When the pullets are taken from the 
range and placed in winter quarters, the 
pipe may be disconnected and pulled up 
without any difficulty. 
Late Summer Feeding. It has been 
observed that a pullet that is about to lay, 
or one that has just begun to lay, is charac- 
teristically fat. This excess of fat in the 
pullet is used by her as a surplus to carry 
her through the cold winter months. It 
should be the aim of the poultryman to get 
an ample amount of this fat on the body of 
his pullets before they are placed in winter 
quarters. 
About two weeks before the pullets are 
ready to lay the following change in feeding 
should be made. Instead of providing half 
