Show N FREI HANDY IN A POULTRY YARD water device shown in the Il lustra tion works automatically how it Is made the illustration given herewith shows a handy device for watering chickens writes richard lee of neo sha falls kan in an exchange set an airtight beg keg or barrel on a stand tand or box with a small pipe A leading L 13 i t automatic chicken from the bottom of the leg to the bottom of the trough while another pipe B extends from below the upper level of ahr trough up into the head of the barrel fill the keg and cork up tight ly then remove remove cork from bottom of pipe A and the water will wirl run into the trough until it rises high enough to shut the air off at the lower end of pipe D when the water will stop run ning when the water in the trough Is lowered enough to admit air into pipe B the water will again run from A RAT PROOF CHICKEN ROOST ample protection afforded against predatory animals by device I 1 suspended from roof the accompanying illustration shows a convenient chicken roost which Is proof against rats minks and weasels this roost Is made of two pieces of plank four feet long tow four inches broad and one inch thick five pieces of plank three feet long two inches broad and one thick tour four pieces of wire about eight feet long v ta chicken roost As shown in the illustration the threefoot pieces are nailed crosswise to the four foot pieces and a wire attach ed to all four corners it Is then sus from the roof in the chicken house with the front end of the roost about sixteen inches from the floor while the back should be twenty even inches the caponizing season Is at an end start the trap nesta nests it if you are beeping a record of your winter layers the battle with vermin Is a never ending one because the lice never quit the early carly pullets are beginning to lay but as a general thing eggs are very scarce the best remedy tor for sich sick fowls Is the ax a but with proper precaution they wont get sick two or three applications of bero kero sene to scaly legs makes as sure a remedy as can be found there are those who begin with scrubs intending to keep purebreds later on but they seldom do it Is possible for the hena hens to lay when shedding their feathers but not when growing the new crop chaff about straw stacks makes good scratching litter and the sooner it Is hauled up the better it will be if the poultry poul house Is overcrowded kill off some of the older birds keep stocked up with young thrifty layers those old hens may be valuable as keep sakes but the young and vigor ous ones W will III produce the most eggs do ghe the later summer hatched chicks a chance to eat their meals without being run over by older birds excited men and women make ex cited birds and that has a bad effect oi 01 the egg producing mechanism ot of the birds sell all the old bens hens that you do not intend to winter at this season they command a reasonably good price in market get in your winter supplies and utensils this includes the incubators and brooders and what new stock you must purchase you may think you know a good deal about bow how to raise poultry but I 1 the deep deeper er you go into it the more surprises you will find |