. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1894, . ?W*>«»v. - BR0NZ1 TURKEY. : 57 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No 40). A. 1894 All the ashes available should be sifted into the house and run, and these, withoccasional supplies of dry earth and as much sandy grit from the roadside or stream agcan be obtained, will form an excellent covering to the floor, unless it should happen toconsist of brick or cement, in which case a layer of some three or four inches thick oftinely sifted peat moss is desirable to maintain a proper temperature, or, in its absence, athick covering of ashes and leaves. Cleanli
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1894, . ?W*>«»v. - BR0NZ1 TURKEY. : 57 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No 40). A. 1894 All the ashes available should be sifted into the house and run, and these, withoccasional supplies of dry earth and as much sandy grit from the roadside or stream agcan be obtained, will form an excellent covering to the floor, unless it should happen toconsist of brick or cement, in which case a layer of some three or four inches thick oftinely sifted peat moss is desirable to maintain a proper temperature, or, in its absence, athick covering of ashes and leaves. Cleanliness can only be insured in small runs and houses by the daily removal ofexcrement, and this can be readily done by the use of a galvanized cinder shovel. Tothe daily use of this implement may be attributed the fact that during six years experi-ments in such a space as is usually available for cottage poultry-keeping, and frequently,in the opinion of experienced poultry-keepers, far too over crowded with birds, no diseaseof any kind has made its appear
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