. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . with all theprecautions we may take and the care we may ex-pend on our hens, they will not lay in winter if theyare stinted in their supply of thai cheapest of all ma-terials—water. The farmer who relies on his hens go-ing out to get water from the tank where, the horsesdrink, or to the trough where the pigs feed, will besadly disappointed if he expects to get eggs in per cent of the egg is water, and the hen,besides needing water to make the egg, needs it tokeep her own body in good condition. The best ruleundoubtedly is to
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . with all theprecautions we may take and the care we may ex-pend on our hens, they will not lay in winter if theyare stinted in their supply of thai cheapest of all ma-terials—water. The farmer who relies on his hens go-ing out to get water from the tank where, the horsesdrink, or to the trough where the pigs feed, will besadly disappointed if he expects to get eggs in per cent of the egg is water, and the hen,besides needing water to make the egg, needs it tokeep her own body in good condition. The best ruleundoubtedly is to fill all water fountains with warm CARE OF HENS IX WINTER. 343 water the first thing in the morning—and when theyare empty to fill again. When the last rounds aremade at night any water remaining in the dishesshould be thrown out. The most satisfactory ves-sels for watering grown fowls are the wall foun-tains which can now be obtained at the poultrysupply houses. When one thinks of the time andsteps saved in having such a convenience the ques-. Interlor of inexpensive house, showing dust-bath, hoppers foroyster shell, grit, etc. Courtesy Mr. Clarence Ward, Chicago. tion of expense is nothing. These fountains in thelarge size hold two gallons, and are so constructedthat the wattles of high-combed birds cannot getin the water, thus lessening the risk of freezingthese pendulous ornaments. The water does notget dirty, and if the fountain is hung back in thehouse out of the wind, it does not freeze. In win-ter, as in moulting season, a little tonic may begiven sometimes in the drinking Danger from Disease.—Tf there is no 344 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. draught on the fowls at night, and they are kept busyduring the day in a well-ventilated scratching pen,there will be no catarrh or roup. If they have a gooddust bath in a sunny spot, with plent of clean gritand pure water, there will be few, if any, cases of in-digestion. If there should be cases of such fromgreedine
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