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Show A Cheap Drinking Fountain. A good drinking fountnln may bo mndo of an ordinary red clay pot of largo size, up-ended In n snucor or plato after tho pot Is filled with water. Tho hole In tho bottom must, of com so. lie stopped up. A cork will servo the purpose, piovided tho hole he first reamed out to mnko tho cork lit Ruuuly, w that It may bo air tight. Tho reaming can bo dono with any suitable Inuttumeiit nt hand a pair of scissors with tho hludcs closed will do, One or two notches should he t'h'd or Hawed In tho rim of tho pot, not quite ns deep as tho plato. If deeper than tfto pluto tho water will run out of tho pot Immediately, Instead In-stead of keeping (lie ;htifull for tho chlekens to drink from. Tho ariaugi'iiieut Is said to ho superior su-perior to tegular crockery drinking fountauliiH. because tho red clay, being unglazed. Is Hlluhtly porous, and the nlr blowing on It keeps the water cool If tho pot is set In a uhndy place. |