The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . Fig. 17Two Forms of Feed Troughs Fig. 18A Drinking Fountain Made of a Can days the feed may be placed upon a square piece of forms of drinking fountains have been devised. Agood fountain is easily made by cutting a small hole in a tin can,as shown in Fig. 18, filling the can with water, covering with ashallow pan or vessel of any kind, and then inverting the whole,The shallow vessel will remain filled with water as high as thetop of the aperture until the can is exhauste
The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . Fig. 17Two Forms of Feed Troughs Fig. 18A Drinking Fountain Made of a Can days the feed may be placed upon a square piece of forms of drinking fountains have been devised. Agood fountain is easily made by cutting a small hole in a tin can,as shown in Fig. 18, filling the can with water, covering with ashallow pan or vessel of any kind, and then inverting the whole,The shallow vessel will remain filled with water as high as thetop of the aperture until the can is exhausted. It is important DISEASES OF 6ig that fresh, pure water should always be accessible to fowls, andthe drinking fountains should be cleaned and filled two or threetimes a day, if possible, and under no circumstances less frequentlythan once a day. RANGING OF FOWLS.—Poultry may be raised withthe greatest economy on the large farm? of the country, wherethere is unlimited range, and exhaustless supply of insects andworms, and an abundance of seeds and grains going to waste. Fig. 19—Colony House which poultry alone can utilize. Under such circumstances fowlstake care of themselves so well and are so energetic in seekingtheir food that they are either forgotten and allowed to shift forthemselves when they really need attention and assistance, orthey are regarded as a nuisance because they do a little damage. 620 the; practicai. stock doctor
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