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Show J;!drinking fountains.- ff v 'J&f " ' ... tiV'Homemadg ContrlvniiccM'liloh Una My, Worked Vprr Welly EkrflMSMfig.iforIyoungr.cJdcIcejruuoliR poultB, etc., cno oten has difllculty In keopinp water before Uicm In eufllclcnt. quauUties, and ut tlie same tlmckeeplt pure, and fresdu Many arrangements lmvo been contrived to obviate tho dllll-culty, dllll-culty, all working with mora or lwymue-cos.8. lwymue-cos.8. Probably the most eucccasful ii the drinking fountain (rotten up on tlie principle of the siphon. The market Ii ' well stocked with several pnttcrm, nil on tho enmo general principle, but vnry in;r la lesser details. I'robnbly ono of the moat popular it the' earthen fountain. It bus the ml antge over somo others In having thicker sides nnd Is less liable to be affected by heat or cold. One of tin most fecrlqus objections wo have to thh niaUe Is the dlflloult) Iu elminlufj. Ii this rospect thero nre others far ahead Tlio enrthen fountain will not work successfully during severe weather, es penally it It is so situated that there b danger of freezing. Like nn earthen crock, n pood still freeze-up will ruin II There is still another make (rotten ui on the Bonie iden but made of galvanized iron. This ono has the advantage on the other during freezing weather, but otherwise the same disadvantage thai w III 'apply to one will to the other. Wo have noted another make (rotten up on the same principle but op an altogether alto-gether different pattern. This one, which Is olo made of gahnnlzid Iron, has n false cover fitting oiev the can proper nnd extends down into the water about the base. Such a fountain hm every convenience of tho others nml the additional advantage of Iming readily cleaned. For tho pnt two or three- years we have bcen'uilng ono of our own contrivance, con-trivance, which ordinarily works very satisfactory. Wo used on ordinary crock, boring a small hole through the side nlwut Vt InchcB from tho top. Tho crock is tlien filled with wnter and n shallow dish placed over tho top, with sldessufllclentlyhlgh to allow- the wnter to rb-o just above thp aperture in tho crock. The crock nnd dish nre then Inverted In-verted nnd if everything has been don properly, you will have prnetienlly j'it as good n fountain for tho Ordinary poultry yard ns wrao more expensive oncfl, This will bo found to be ory satisfactory in tho yard with yountf stock, especially with young turkeys. Uy Its use the youngsters oro not. apt to become wet. 0, I Reynolds, In Ohio Fnrmer. |