American poultry world . all kinds of special work, billing, cardwriting — anything needed of a type-writer. No attachments required. Nospecial adjustments necessary. Justinsert the paper and go ahead. New catalogue free L. C. SMITH & BROS. TYPEWRITER CO. SYRACUSE, , U Branch, No. 158 Pearl Street January, igio AMERICAN POULTRY WORLD 205 HOW TO BREED FOR HEALTH Prince T. Woods, M. D. (Continued from page 152)FRESH AIR NECESSARY Having healthy fowls selected tostart with, we must so house, feed andcare for them that they will continueto be sound, healthy and vigorous. Pure fresh
American poultry world . all kinds of special work, billing, cardwriting — anything needed of a type-writer. No attachments required. Nospecial adjustments necessary. Justinsert the paper and go ahead. New catalogue free L. C. SMITH & BROS. TYPEWRITER CO. SYRACUSE, , U Branch, No. 158 Pearl Street January, igio AMERICAN POULTRY WORLD 205 HOW TO BREED FOR HEALTH Prince T. Woods, M. D. (Continued from page 152)FRESH AIR NECESSARY Having healthy fowls selected tostart with, we must so house, feed andcare for them that they will continueto be sound, healthy and vigorous. Pure fresh open air is undoubtedlyone of the best and cheapest agentswe possess for maintenance of physi-cal vigor and the rejuvenation of thebody. Given fresh open-out-ddor aircombined with sunshine in reasonableluantities, a variety of wholesomefood, pure water, with graduated restand exercise, we have the requisitesfor holding physical vigor when oncewe have it; even to the point of res-toring vitality which may have been. Figure 5. An extreme case of low vitality-resulting in loose feathers and irregular develop-ment. Notice crow head. listless expressionof the eye, and withered Published bycourtesy of New York State Agricultural College,Cornell University. temporarily lost. Fresh air is of evengreater importance at night while thefowls are on the roost than it is byday. During sleep more oxygen isneeded and used by the body in res-toring losses or expenditures of tissueor energy which occurred during theactivity of the day. To get best results, house the breed-ing birds in open-air houses, the col-ony plan preferred, feed liberally ona variety of wholesome food, plenty ofgrain, green stuff, animal food andmineral food. Supply grit, shell, gran-ulated raw bone and an abundance ofpure, clean, fresh water. Provide a liberal range on goodgrass land where there is shelter fromhot sun and from storms. An orchardmakes an excellent poultry the yards are in an orchardor
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