The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . Fig. 20—Colony House. Fig. 21—Colony House DISEASES OF 621 When fenced away from the gardens and flower beds, fowls dolittle damage and cause scarcely any annoyance on a farm. Onthe other hand they do an immense amount of good in theprotection of crops by the destruction of injurious insects, larvaeand worms. COLONIES.—Sometimes it is advisable to divide the farmflock into colonies, and place these at different points on the farm,in order to secure additional range; to remove
The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . Fig. 20—Colony House. Fig. 21—Colony House DISEASES OF 621 When fenced away from the gardens and flower beds, fowls dolittle damage and cause scarcely any annoyance on a farm. Onthe other hand they do an immense amount of good in theprotection of crops by the destruction of injurious insects, larvaeand worms. COLONIES.—Sometimes it is advisable to divide the farmflock into colonies, and place these at different points on the farm,in order to secure additional range; to remove the birds tem-porarily to a distance from certain crops, or for other this case cheap, light and easily handled colony houses (, 20 and 21) may be constructed and placed where the fowlsare desired to range. After being confined in these houses a fewnights the birds will adopt them as their habitations and returnto them.—U. S. Bulletin. A TEN DOLLAR POULTRY HOUSE.—A cheap andat the same time substantial poultry house, containing 100 squarefeet of floor space, can be built for ten dollars by any man o
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