SOCRATES II AND DIOGENES
Sons of the Great Socrates
BUSTER, AMERICA’S GREATEST RATTER
It is well on any egg farm to establish a reputation for being in a position to always place a marauder behind the bars, and nothing so insures protection as the knowledge that on the Farm there are carried dogs which are capable of trailing a trespasser wherever he may go.
CHAPTER XIV
The Necessity for Pure Water—An Egg is Chemically 80% Water
Eighty per cent. of an egg is water. If a sanitary egg is to be produced it is most essential that pure water should be accessible to the hens at all times, and not only should the water be pure, but the drinking fountains must be of such a nature that they can readily be kept in a pure state, and that the cups, into which the water flows from the main fountain, cannot be fouled by the birds.
Automatic Fountains Essential
On The Corning Egg Farm the supply of water is placed before the birds in automatic fountains, which work on air pressure, and contain five gallons each. The water feeds down through a pipe into the cups, the feeding pipe shutting off by the turning of a small cock, thus permitting the removal of the cup, so that it can be thoroughly cleansed each day at the time of filling the fountain, by the use of a small brush, or swab. Once a week a quarter of a teaspoonful of Potassium Permanganate is put into each fountain, just enough to give the water a slight coloring. It is a mistake to have the color so deep that it verges on the purple. This purifies the fountain and acts as a preventive of colds.
CORNING AUTOMATIC DRINKING FOUNTAIN