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Show Water Pans for Poultry NOTHING 13 more Important and few things aro more difficult to Insure than clean water for poultry. Ordinary receptacles recep-tacles and sources of water supply are as a ru quickly fouled and thus become breeders of disease. Poultry raisers generally recognise recog-nise tho Importance of a watering device which will keep the water as free as possible from tho cruat and litter of the poultry house or yard and from the droppings of the fowls, I TKri.Sltafy walr JIn,"hcWng ttt'cuU Li " cjia lor ctitrccce ct MUr.. ' Viz t vA- F:o.3. Saittry wter fan nrwrf rrt, chOTlrg 0de4 l run ol torn. ' , ind many forms of such devices have been leviscd. One that Is simple in construction n& has been found to be very satisfactory In usu is described by J. C. Rice and R. C. Lowry in a bulletin of the New York Cornell xpc-riment station. The construction of this ate-rlng pan is shown in thi accompanying Illustrations. The round, deep pan with flaring pldcs is pore easily emptied without injury to the Jan In case of luird freezing. It presents a Jomparatlvcly small surface to catch dust nd dirt. The round, cone-shaped top prevents pre-vents the fowl drlnklnc from different tidcn t one time and presents the smallest possible (mount of opening for dust and litter to en-it-r. The platform on which it stands, being ien inches from the floor, is high enough to prevent the litter b. Ing scratched Into It. It Is found that where water pans are placed much higher than this fowls do not drink as much water. The wat-T pan and cover are made of No. M galvanized iron. It thould not cost to exceed $1 iu. |