Poultry secrets, gathered, tested and now disclosed . umage,secure a steam or Turkish bath that will make the plumagespread out to its fullest extent, and be immaculately white. Or,put the bird in a cage with a wire bottom and cut-straw that isabsolutely clean, and set this cage over a register so as to heat thestraw to lOO degrees in a room of seventy degrees; and in thislet the bird steam dry. When washing, brush the black dirt outfrom under the scales of the legs and toes, as one cleans onesfinger nails. Just previous to the show, the head, comb and wattles shouldbe sponged clean, to free t
Poultry secrets, gathered, tested and now disclosed . umage,secure a steam or Turkish bath that will make the plumagespread out to its fullest extent, and be immaculately white. Or,put the bird in a cage with a wire bottom and cut-straw that isabsolutely clean, and set this cage over a register so as to heat thestraw to lOO degrees in a room of seventy degrees; and in thislet the bird steam dry. When washing, brush the black dirt outfrom under the scales of the legs and toes, as one cleans onesfinger nails. Just previous to the show, the head, comb and wattles shouldbe sponged clean, to free them from dirt and dandruff, thenrubbed (not smeared) with vaseline. ^2 POULTRY SECRETS. Secret of Scaly-Leg Cure While grease—lard or vaseline—and kerosene, will greatlyassist in ridding fowls legs of scales, the most positive and thesimplest treatment the writer has tried is thoroughly to coat thelegs with gas tar. When the tar wears off the scales go with it,leaving the legs clean and fresh looking. This gas tar can besecured at any gas Right Way to Carry a Fowl Note the ease of the bird. There is no unduepressure on any part of its body.
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