Show POULTRY NOTES coarse sand makes an excellent grit I 1 for very young chickens exposure to cold rains Is injurious to the health of the fowls it Is important that the birds be kept in dry sanitary houses bouses granulated rolled oats make an ex cellena food for young chickens in most breeds cockerell cockerels cocker els will crow at or before five months of age chalfinch half Hal inch finch mesh wire netting tacked on floor joists foists will keep out rats geese are glazers grazers and need a pasture they do not thrive confined in feeding poultry a average a handful to each fowl and scatter well an ounce of common sense care Is worth pounds of curative medicines look out for the small unsuspected drafts they cause colds and roup turkey hens are profitable until the fifth year change males annually poultry houses should have double west and north walls if practicable A liberal supply of whitewash la Is the best disinfectant for poultry houses lio water is not imperative in duck raising but aldis aldi breed nUn keep keeping izig down fiat |