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fresh water at all times and keep the vessels, or the drinking 

 -fountains, thoroughly cleansed. 



The drinking fountain shown here, is very easily 

 cleansed, being able to detach it from the pen, so that it can 

 be washed out without any trouble. A fountain of this kind 

 is superior to the stoneware fountain, in this respect: the 

 stone water fountain naturally becomes filthy and it is al- 

 most impossible to cleanse it out inside, but, it cannot be 

 said of this drinking fountain. 



Feed Troughs. i 



The feed trough shown here is a sample of an exoep- 



tionally high class, feed trough that can be used in feeding 



poultry, not allowing them to get into their food with their 



• feet; only placing their head through between the wires and 



not dirtying up the balance of their food. 



Egg Testers. 



The X-Eay egg tester shown is an exceptionally good 

 article, not only for the poultry breeders, but for the com- 

 mission houses. As eggs 'should be thoroughly tested and can 

 be tested with this tester in considerable less time and .ex- 

 pense than by candling them in a dark room. 



Hucksters, who go out through the country to get .eggs, 

 should carry one of these testers with them, for they will find 

 it will pay them ten fold for they will receive nothing but 

 good fresh eggs. 



Pedigree Egg Tray. 



This tray is so arranged that you can put one, two, or 

 more strains, or breeds, of eggs without having them get 

 mixed up after being hatched. This is principally used by 

 thoroughbred poultry raisers. This marker is used in mark- 

 ing the webs of the feet of the small chickens so that they 

 can be turned together, keeping a record of the marks, so 

 that when they are grown, they can be distinguished from 

 one another. 



Green Bone Cutters. 



It is very excellent and cheaper to you to be the owner 

 of a Green Bone Cutter, cutting your own bones, as you get 

 your bones from the butcher at a very reasonable price, which 

 is better egg food than any of the deodorized blood, dried 

 beef scraps, dried bone meal, etc., as in this green bone, the 

 nourishment is therein that tends to make poultry lay. 



Whereas the ary blood that has gone through an oven and 

 baked takes the albumen out, leaving it in a state that is 

 not near so nourishing and beneficial as though you used the 

 green bone. 



Green j^oods are also essential and plenty of lime for 

 the laying fowls; grit should be kept before them as beforet 

 mentioned. 



It is not neoessary that you should purchase some of 

 every kind of particular poultry food and egg laying food 

 put upon the market, you can just as easily get such foods 

 yourself as mentioned herewith as to purchase such ingred- 

 ients and pay double prices for them. 



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G-rit, or Shell Boxes. 

 The above- illustration shows a triple compartment grit, 

 or shell box, where you can use either oyster shell, grit, or 

 other food that you desire. One of these boxes should be in 

 every pen, filled with grit and shell, so that your laying hens 

 can have it at all times. The grit, providing teeth to grind 

 food for the chickens; the shell, providing the lime for the 

 shell of the eggs. It keeps your chickens healthy and in 

 good condition; no one should be without them. 



The above illustration shows the Whitewashing of 

 Poultry Houses. It is better to use the "Preventative than 

 the Cure" and we advise that all poultry houses be white- 

 washed at least three to four times each year. First, slack 

 your lime; strain it off so that there are.no lumps in it; mix 

 it up thin enough so that it will work easily, and with a 

 common bucket full of such whitewash use about ten drops 

 of crude carbolic acid. Spraying your house, it places the 



