. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. June 23, 1900] fKije Qveshsv ax& gpovtstnaxu THE FARM. Proper Nests. Many claim that the nest should be on the ground, but all claims that bens should have their nests on the moist ground are bat the- ories and unsupported by facts. What is required for the hen in winter is a snug, warm location, while in summer she should have a cool place. The best material for a nest is dry earth on the bottom, with chopped hay over the earth. Then dust the next, hen and eggs with Persian insect powder, put a smal' quantity of tobacco refuse in the nest, and clean it out
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. June 23, 1900] fKije Qveshsv ax& gpovtstnaxu THE FARM. Proper Nests. Many claim that the nest should be on the ground, but all claims that bens should have their nests on the moist ground are bat the- ories and unsupported by facts. What is required for the hen in winter is a snug, warm location, while in summer she should have a cool place. The best material for a nest is dry earth on the bottom, with chopped hay over the earth. Then dust the next, hen and eggs with Persian insect powder, put a smal' quantity of tobacco refuse in the nest, and clean it out thoroughly should an egg become broken or the nest foul. The broken egg will cause lice quicker than anything else. But first Bee that the hen has no lice; then give her good eggs and she will bring off a brood if she has a warm and comfortable nest. The neat should be made comfortable, so as to take outside for cleaning, and it should never be placed where any of the fowls can cause it to be filthy or roost upon it. It should never be so high as to compel effort to reach it, a8 the large breeds will prefer to lay on the ground rather than to reach a high nest, even when a footway is provided, to say noth. ing of the fact that some of the hens learn to fly over a fence by first learning to reach a high nest- Never have the nest in a barrel or so constiucted that the hen must jump down to it, as broken eggs will be the conse- quence, but rather so place the entrance as to permit her to walk in upon the eggs. The nest ehould be placed in a dark position, or 10 arranged that the interior will be somewhat dark, which will be a partial protection against egg eating. For a flock of onedczen henp, four nests will be sufficient.âPrairie Farmer. Massachusetts has a novel law for the pro- tection of roadside trees, under the provisions of which trees which a town may wish to pre- serve are marked, and whoever in any way injures or defaces a tree so marked is liable to a fine of from $5
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