. Domestic animals : history and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and farm dogs : with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market : also, their diseases and remedies together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Horses; Domestic animals. 218 DOMESTIC ANIMALS. help themselves, they must also be furnished with gravel to their digestion; and a box or bed of ashes, sand, and dust, is equally essential to roll in for the purpose of ridding themselves of vermin. Ficr. Poult
. Domestic animals : history and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and farm dogs : with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market : also, their diseases and remedies together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Horses; Domestic animals. 218 DOMESTIC ANIMALS. help themselves, they must also be furnished with gravel to their digestion; and a box or bed of ashes, sand, and dust, is equally essential to roll in for the purpose of ridding themselves of vermin. Ficr. Poultry House The Rcn-house May be constructed in various ways to suit the wishes of the owner, and when tastefully built it is an ornament to the premises. It should be perfectly dry throughout, properly lighted, and capable of being made light and warm in winter, yet afford all the ventilation desirable at any season. In this, arrange the nests in boxes on the sides, in such a manner as to humor the instinct of the hen for concealment when she resorts to them. When desirable to set the hen, these nests may be so placed as to shut out the others, yet open into another yard or beyond the enclosure, so tha-t they can take an oc- casional stroll and help themselves to food, &c. This prevents other hens laying in their nests, (vhile setting; and it may be easily managed, by having their boxes placed on the walJ of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, R. L. (Richard Lamb), 1803-1869. New York : C. M. Saxton & Company
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