Productive farming . s in a warm room and fed to the fowls daily (). Care of Poultry.—Poultry raising is an art most easilyacquired by practice combined with a study of the principlesunderlying it. The health of the fowls must be guarded. They must bekept free from vermin. Brush crude oil (petroleum) on theroosts once a week through the warm weather. Spray thisoil on the walls and in the nest boxes. The conditions and POULTRY MANAGEMENT 295 effects of moulting must be understood. Hatching with hensand with machines and the raising of young chicks must belearned by practice. Many helpful
Productive farming . s in a warm room and fed to the fowls daily (). Care of Poultry.—Poultry raising is an art most easilyacquired by practice combined with a study of the principlesunderlying it. The health of the fowls must be guarded. They must bekept free from vermin. Brush crude oil (petroleum) on theroosts once a week through the warm weather. Spray thisoil on the walls and in the nest boxes. The conditions and POULTRY MANAGEMENT 295 effects of moulting must be understood. Hatching with hensand with machines and the raising of young chicks must belearned by practice. Many helpful suggestions along theselines are given in United States Farmers Bulletin 287. Exercise.—Running an Incubator.—(Fig. 203).—In thespring time, when the school-room does not get too cool atnight, run an incubator in the school-room. One may beborrowed for the purpose, or the pupils will earn moneyenough to buy one and supply the eggs and kerosene. Followdirections carefully. Appoint certain pupils to attend the. Fig. 202.—Sprouted oats as winter green feed for hens. The oats are wet and putin a shallow tray in a warm room for about ten days, (Maine.) incubator each day. Make a record form on large paperor cardboard on the wall. Let this show each morning andevening: (1) the temperature, (2) whether regulator is openor shut, (3) condition of lamp, (4) who filled and trimmedthe lamp, (5) who turned the eggs. The chicks hatched maybe cared for at school for two weeks or taken to one of thehomes when one day old (Fig. 204). United States FarmersBulletin 236 will be helpful. Either of the two types ofoutdoor brooders shown in Figs. 196 and 197 can be madeby boys at home. Exercise.^CoZor of Yolk.—When the grain fed to hensis chiefly oat& the yolks are much lighter colored than when 296 TRODUCTIVE FARMING they are fed corn, particularly yellow corn. Let this dif-ference ill color of yolk be shown at school by having eggsbrought from flocks fed in these ways. Exercise.—Pack
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