234 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE 



HOW TO BUILD A BATH TROUGH 



The construction of a bathing room along the outside of a fly 

 pen, as is illustrated by the accompanying picture, is a very 

 simple undertaking, yet it is a most convenient and serviceable 

 t^ath arrangement. 



I got this idea from' a city farmer who had a similar arrange- 

 ment on the outside of his hog pen, which he used for swill. Ho 



BATHING AND DRINKING TROUGH 

 Corner of fly pen, showing bathing and drinlting trough with bath 

 gate open and ready for bathing. When completed a piece of heavy 

 canvas is nailed at the end of the gate in order to keep birds from 

 getting out or from one pen to another. 



would first fill his trough up with slop and then open the swing- 

 ing gate at the bottom, which would permit the hogs to get 

 to the trough. After they had finished, the gate would be closed 

 and the trough cleaned out and in this way kept the trough 

 from getting soured with the swill and creating an offensive odor. 

 To construct a bath trough it is best to select lumber that is 

 free from cracks or knots. Make the trough 10 to 12 inches 

 wide, about 5 inches deep and as long as the width of your fly 

 pens or fly pen units. A continuous trough the full length of a 



