Show SOMETHING NEW IN PERCHES two hung from ceiling by use of wire and fastened at end are excellent I 1 many persons persona uso use hanging perches for poultry because they aro are more sanitary nUary Ba lice and mites cannot get on them unless they leave the fowls but I 1 never have bavo seen any perches constructed like mine that were not also swinging perches writes horace B E wolcott of lubbock county texas in missouri valley farmer I 1 long ago learned that it prevents much nervousness among the flock floch at night it if tho the perches do not sway away it Is better economy to make tho the porches of good material I 1 find two by two inch lumber about right or two by fours ripped in two lengthways my perches are eight feet long making them lack a foot of touching at either end which Is about right round the two sharp corners on top and finish smooth it la Is much easier for or a fowls foot to curve over a rounded surface not too wide than to grasp grapp a square sharp edge get somo some largo large screw eyes or barbed wire staples and some smooth wire as small as la is possible consistent with Li celess and sanitary strength screw a part of tho the eyes into the overhead joists foists or in tho the cell ing one eye tor for each end of each perch in each eye eya fasten a wire long enough to hang down to within two and one halt half feet of the floor put a screw eye near nar each end of every perch at the upper edge fasten the hanging wires into these and your perches aro are hung the perches should bo be an equal distance apart ond and all al on a level next fasten a screw eyo eye in each eld eid ei d of every perch and put other screw eyes in the walls between perches fosten a length of wire into the first screw eyo eye on the wall thread it through tho the next eye in the wall vall con alternately until all perches perch s aro are fastened to each other and to he wall then by fastening the perches at t the other end they are complete aud and will not owing nor sway clean out the house at least once a week use this stylo style of perches sprinkle tho the floor every morning with a disinfectant mado made of sifted ashes mixed with about one fourth their bulk of salt the whole moistened wath wi th kerosene whitewash the interior occasionally casio nally and thero there will be little trouble with vermin when using this powder be careful not to get any in the nests as the eggs will absorb the odor of tho the coal oil and the oil will also prevent their hatching this disinfectant in cheap and effective |