. The business hen (the latest hatch). Poultry. 48 THE BU SIX ESS HEX. frequently gone out in the evening, moved the chicks to fresh ad, tilled up the water tanks and feeders, thrown in some whole corn for the old hen's breakfast, and then returned thirty-six hours later to find everything all right. But best of all, the feed is right there waiting the moment the chicks wake up in the morning, and that is several hours earlier than a good many people realize. System and the right equipment make it possible to raise hrst-class chickens without much interference with the regular daily routine. H
. The business hen (the latest hatch). Poultry. 48 THE BU SIX ESS HEX. frequently gone out in the evening, moved the chicks to fresh ad, tilled up the water tanks and feeders, thrown in some whole corn for the old hen's breakfast, and then returned thirty-six hours later to find everything all right. But best of all, the feed is right there waiting the moment the chicks wake up in the morning, and that is several hours earlier than a good many people realize. System and the right equipment make it possible to raise hrst-class chickens without much interference with the regular daily routine. HOMEMADE BROODER.—"The material required is an empty one-pound coffee can, a two-pound coffee can, a piece of gal- vanized sheet iron 24x.'J6 inches, with a hole in center that will just fit the one-pound can, 83 feet of seven-eights-inch matched pine and six feet of one-half-inch pine. Make the four sides of the box nine inches high; that will just take in the sheet iron; put strips %xl inch inside the box two inches below top edge, for the sheet iron to. _o a k / ,p—a_. 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 Collingwood, Herbert W. (Herbert Winslow), 1857-1927. ed. New York, The Rural publishing company
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