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described latei', of the syphon type, prove the 

 best. They are easily moved about; they keep 

 the water in and the chickens out. But when the 

 flock has grown, and is in winter quarters, this 

 type of fountain gives place to an open basin. 



A shelf for water pan, and board to protect the water. 



This keeps dust out of the water, and prevents 



hens from stepping in their drink 



Perhaps the most satisfactory kind is an agate- 

 lined pan, bought at the ten-cent store. It holds 

 about a gallon, and is used frequently as a milk 

 pan. 



In cold winter weather the ice forms slowly 

 on such a pan, and may freeze thick without doing 

 any harm. A heavy freeze splits and ruins the 

 syphon fountain, but the agate pan slopes at just 



