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POULTRY PRODUCTION 



not i)reclu(le the scratcliiiiK f)f litter and dirt into tlie pan 

 or a^•oid sonic sl()])])ing and s])illing. Tins may 1)0 accom- 

 ]ilished, li(i\\e\er, by the arrant^enient shown in Figure 124. 

 Where suificicnt care is taken to keep the pan free of 

 dirt these devices prove very satisfactory. While they 

 are not so shaped as to \\ithstand freezing, they are not 

 lilxciy to lie in use in freezing weather. 



A Mason jar wafer fiiunfain for chiclvs. {Courtesy of Kansas 

 AL'iiiiiltural ]Cx]MTir!iont Sj alien ) 



rommercial watering dc\'iccs httiMl with a small lam]i 

 which warms the water just eimugh tu keep it from freezing 

 are finding increahing I'aNor aimng jmultrymeu. 



Fattening Crates. — The purpose of the fattening crate is 

 t<j so eonhiic tla; liirds intended for fattening that they will 

 iKU'e little opportunity for exercise and will be grouped 

 witliin a small space so that the labor of feeding is reduced 

 as mui'h as possible. A number of crates built together as 

 is usually done at the feeding stations of the packing-houses 

 is called a battery. 



