CHAPTER XIV 



The Necessity for Pure Water — An Egg is Chem- 

 ically Bofo Water 



Eighty per cent, of an egg is water. If a sanitary 

 egg is to be produced it is most essential that pure 

 water should be accessible to the hens at all times, 

 and not only should the water be pure, but the drink- 

 ing fountains must be of such a nature that they can 

 readily be kept in a pure state, and that the cups, 

 into which the water flows from the main fountain, 

 cannot be fouled by the birds. 



Automatic Fountains Essential 



On The Corning Egg Farm the supply of water is 

 placed before the birds in automatic fountains, which 

 work on air pressure, and contain five gallons each. 

 The water feeds down through a pipe into the cups, 

 the feeding pipe shutting off by the turning of a 

 small cock, thus permitting the removal of the cup, 

 so that it can be thoroughly cleansed each day at the 

 time of filling the fountain, by the use of a small 

 brush, or swab. Once a week a quarter of a tea- 

 spoonful of Potassium Permanganate is put into each 

 fountain, just enough to give the water a slight 



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