. American homes and gardens. DONT COOK THE COOK ECONOMY GAS For Cooking, Water Heating andLaundry Work alio for Lighting It makes the bouse a borne Send stamp today for Economy Way Economy Gas Machine Co. ROCHESTER. N. Y. Gat la automatic. Sanitary and Not-Poisonous. Economy February, 1913 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 111 litter so that the birds will be kept industri-ously scratching for what they eat in orderto secure needed exercise. Not less thanfour square feet of floor space should beallowed for each hen and five is fault to be found with some of theportable house makers is tha
. American homes and gardens. DONT COOK THE COOK ECONOMY GAS For Cooking, Water Heating andLaundry Work alio for Lighting It makes the bouse a borne Send stamp today for Economy Way Economy Gas Machine Co. ROCHESTER. N. Y. Gat la automatic. Sanitary and Not-Poisonous. Economy February, 1913 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 111 litter so that the birds will be kept industri-ously scratching for what they eat in orderto secure needed exercise. Not less thanfour square feet of floor space should beallowed for each hen and five is fault to be found with some of theportable house makers is that they advertisetheir houses to accommodate more hensthan really ought to be confined in them. When chickens of different sizes andages are allowed to run together, the largerbirds are likely to crowd the weaker stockaway from the feeding dishes. They mayeasily be outwitted by placing feed dishesfor the younger chicks in an old berrycrate or a box similarly fashioned. Thesmaller chicks will be able to pass throughthe bars while the larger ones will be ex-cluded. If the slats are not sufficiently farapart, a few lathes may be tacked acrossthem in the opposite direction. Many poultry keepers like to use V-shaped troughs with a handle running fromend to end, but
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