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Show Renewing Nests, To koop tho fowls free from disease and lice (including mites), it is necessary nec-essary to koop all about them In a Btnte of as perfect cloanllness as possible. pos-sible. Ilenewlng the nests will greatly great-ly help, and this should bo done oft-cner oft-cner than It Is, A barrel of cut Btraw at hand will act ns a reminder, and tho nest will bo renowed ottener than it will bo if no material for tho pur. pose is at band. AVo havo seen many nests in which the nest material had been loft in so long that It had become be-come beaten almost to dust, and covered cov-ered a multitude of thirsty Httlo blood-suckers. It it is necessary to re'now tho egg nest matorlal of the hen that Is simply laying it la still more necossary to renew often tho material In the nests that are used for Incubation purposes. |