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some of the chicks being drowned, for it does not take much 

 water to drown chicks a day or two old. 



If you have no automatic fountain, you can take an 

 empty tomato can, or a similar sized can, and find a saucer or 

 other shallow vessel a little larger in diameter than the outside 

 of the can. Punch two holes near the open end of the can, and 

 at a depth so that when inverted, and placed in the saucer. 



Gallon Tomato Can Drinking Fountain 



the holes will be below the top of the same. You can now 

 fill the tomato can with water, place the saucer over it and 

 invert, and you will have a fine drinking fountain. If you 

 place a weight on the top of the can, it will make it safer from 

 danger of upsetting. The same style- of fountain can be made 

 of larger vessels for grown fowls, and will prove far better 

 than open vessels, although not so convenient as regular auto- 

 matic fountains, which can be purchased at very reasonable 

 prices. 



