Il6 POULTRY APPLIANCES AND HANDICRAFT 



inclined plane of boards with lath tacked on to secure 

 foothold, and d a platform with a slight slant for 

 drainage. The feed cylinder is at a, and a yard or run- 

 way begins at y. If the location allows a shallow 

 ditch, the approach, e, may be omitted. This tank 

 may be two, three or four feet wide or even more, 

 according to the supply of running water. For an ex- 

 tensive duck ranch the idea is to have the tank three 

 hundred or four hundred feet long, divided by wire 

 into sections for the accommodation of scores of fowls. 



FIG 114: LEGHORNS WITH COMBS CUT 



The ditch and the tank which lines it may be so 

 constructed that the depth will be just sufficient to 

 allow the ducks to assvune the position shown in the 

 illustration, being enabled with a little elTort to reach 

 the food which has been dropped from above into the 

 tanks. While searching for the food, their necks and 

 legs will be actively employed. The author describes 

 a system of cylinders or feed boards which extend the 

 whole length of the tank, and by striking with a ham- 

 mer at one end food is dropped from the board or 



