40 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 
TIDY NESTS. 
Hens often get the habit of sitting on the edge of their 
nests, and this results in the defilement of the nests and 
prevents other hens using them. A roller may be ar- 
ranged at the front so that the fowls cannot roost upon 
it, nor stand on it to fight other hens from them. The 
end partitions are raised 2 inches at the front above the 
others, and a roller or 8-sided rod, 2 inches thick, is fast- 
ened with a wooden pin at each end so that it will turn 
easily and a hen cannot roost upon it. 
PNEUMATIC FOUNTAIN, 
To prevent young chicks from fouling the water in 
the saucers in which it is given to them, take a common 
fruit can, remove the top, and cut or file but one (and 
that a triangular) notch, only $ inch high for a saucer or 
pan in which water will stand 3 to 1 inch deep, as indi- 
cated in the engraving Fig. 25. Fill the can with water, 
place the saucer on top, and quickly reverse it, and you 
have a ‘‘ pneumatic ” fountain holding about one quart, 
which the chickens cannot foul. As the water is drunk 
or evaporates, more runs out of the can, keeping the 
saucer always full to the height of the notch, 
