. Agriculture, its fundamental principles. Agriculture. Egg Product of a One-year-old Hen cleaned. Perches, also, should be movable; they should be low, not more than two and a half or three feet from the ground if large breeds arc raised. In cold sections espe- cially, there should be a scratching-shcd at- tached to the house. It should open to the south so as to give sun- shine, and the fioor should be covered with straw. The house and shed should be kept free from lice and mites. Lice live on fowls. Fowls should be i)rotected against them by insect powder dusted under their feathers, and by
. Agriculture, its fundamental principles. Agriculture. Egg Product of a One-year-old Hen cleaned. Perches, also, should be movable; they should be low, not more than two and a half or three feet from the ground if large breeds arc raised. In cold sections espe- cially, there should be a scratching-shcd at- tached to the house. It should open to the south so as to give sun- shine, and the fioor should be covered with straw. The house and shed should be kept free from lice and mites. Lice live on fowls. Fowls should be i)rotected against them by insect powder dusted under their feathers, and by having access to dust boxes filled with dust or fine, loose earth. Mites are blood-sucking para- sites that live in the house and attack the fowls at night. They can be destroyed by spraying and washing the inside of the house, the nests, and perches, often and thoroughly, with ker- osene, kerosene emulsion, or whitewash containing carbolic acid. Diseases. — Filth and dampness are directly or indirectly the cause of most poultry diseases. Cholera, the most fatal and con-. Egg Product ok a Iwo-veak-old Hen. 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 Soule, Andrew MacNairn. [from old catalog]; Turpin, Edna Henry Lee, 1867-1952, joint author. Richmond, Atlanta [etc. ] B. F. Johnson publishing company
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