Gleanings in bee culture . x on his ownpremises without costing him aiving cent. Cut out half of one end, as shownin the picture; turn down the flapfor a slanting doorstep, and you have a nestthat will hold a hen and chickens at nightsafe from all prowlers, if you just fasten abit of inch-mesh netting over the openfront. As the five-gallon can is air-tight,you will have to close it with netting, es-pecially in warm weather, to give the henand her brood plenty of air. And this re-minds me that, up to this date, .Ian. 20, wehave not seen an insect nor disease of anysort on any fowl on our premis
Gleanings in bee culture . x on his ownpremises without costing him aiving cent. Cut out half of one end, as shownin the picture; turn down the flapfor a slanting doorstep, and you have a nestthat will hold a hen and chickens at nightsafe from all prowlers, if you just fasten abit of inch-mesh netting over the openfront. As the five-gallon can is air-tight,you will have to close it with netting, es-pecially in warm weather, to give the henand her brood plenty of air. And this re-minds me that, up to this date, .Ian. 20, wehave not seen an insect nor disease of anysort on any fowl on our premises, and Ican almost say we have not seen a house-fly. Very likely the latter is because is so extremely careful not to leaveany thing outside or inside that can bait theflies and cause them to hang around ourpremises. Truly, prevention is better thancure. The last of the two pictures shows thetin-can nest occupied with a hen and herducklings. She has gone in for the night;but a couple of the youngsters seem, to be. llens andchicks. all-metal coop for hen and Feb- 15, 1912
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