Show BARREL FOUNTAIN IS HANDY Outfit Will Save Lots of Work and Also Insure Constant Supply of Water for Fowls The diagram shown Is of a homemade homemade homemade home home- made poultry fountain The cistern Is Isa Isa isa a common barrel that is watertight connected to a drinking tank by a apiece apiece apiece piece of pipe with one elbow as shown says a il writer h in The Farmer A bi bl big washer or something else of that shape is fastened on the end of th the pipe at t 1 I rI WATER I i WATER WATER- Homemade Poultry Fountain C 0 In order to mal make e a sort of rim on the inside of the pipe A Is a piece of board used for a float and connected to plunger B D by means of a wire This makes a self locking val valve so that the water will flow In until the tank gets pets full when the float pulls the plunger up against the rim on the Inside Inside inside in In- side of the pipe and shuts off the water which flows in again as the water is consumed It Is well to have the part of the tank where the valve Is boxed off b by itself with a lid over to keep the poultry from meddling with the valve yah-e. This outfit will save a lot of ot work and also IS insure a constant supply supply supply sup sup- ply of fresh w water ater If the cistern is kept replenished with a couple of pails ot of water once in awhile according to the tho number of chickens |