. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. e themselves; at the same time,however, they should be fed often. Their drinking water should be pure andcool, and their coops ought to be cleaned everyday. Sand and gravel must bewithin easy reacWhile the coops arebeing cleanedthe chicksshould beexami n e dto seeif theyhave, thecoops mustbe washedout with somone of the disinfectants sold for that vermin is found on the chicks a fewdrops of kerosene should be rubbed inunder their wings, for many of them perishfrom lice, while the cause is attrib
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. e themselves; at the same time,however, they should be fed often. Their drinking water should be pure andcool, and their coops ought to be cleaned everyday. Sand and gravel must bewithin easy reacWhile the coops arebeing cleanedthe chicksshould beexami n e dto seeif theyhave, thecoops mustbe washedout with somone of the disinfectants sold for that vermin is found on the chicks a fewdrops of kerosene should be rubbed inunder their wings, for many of them perishfrom lice, while the cause is attributed to otherthings. Certainly fifty per cent die in this short, if healthy and vigorous chickens aredesired, two special points must be attendedto, namely, feeding (but not overfeeding) atregular hours, and the frequent cleansing oftheir abodes. VII. Inclosuees and Poultry Yards To establish a fine inclosure space is neces-sary. The first thing to be done is to surroundwith a wire trellis the whole space devotedto this purpose, which again is divided into. The First Egg three or more parts by similar trellises. Thefirst division is the place where the chicks areto be raised ; the second is for the hens whoseeggs are taken for the incubator ; the third isfor the hens who brood upon their own division for the chicks should be subdividedinto spaces about ten feet wide by seventy-fivefeet long, in each of which one hundred chicksare allowed to run. When they are six weeksold this space should be doubled. The seconddivision, suitable for a cock and ten hens, shouldbe sixteen feet wide and fromhundred and fifty totwo hundred feetlong. Choppedstraw shouldbe strewnin thisinclo-surewithgrainscat-teredthroughit to com-1 the birdsto seek theirown food. Theywill soon eat up whatnearest to their coopor house. It is proper every day ortwo to spade up a corner of thisinclosure so that the birds may grub forworms and other animal food, but it is essen-tial that much of the in
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