Show I KEEP POULTRY HOUSE CLEAN Excrement Harbors Parasites Contaminates don Con Air and Breeds Contagion Con Con- of Many Kinds Everything about a poultry house should be kept reasonably clean As Asa a rule droppings should be removed dally daily for the accumulation of or excrement ment meat bl harbors parasites contaminates the air and breeds contagion After Atter the dropping boards have been cleaned clean clean- ed ad they should be sprinkled with road dust coal ashes or land plaster to absorb the liquid excrement the poultry ppul- ppul try t division of the United States department department department de de- de- de of agriculture suggests Nests In which straw or other similar material Is used should be cleaned ev- ev i t ir ira i a n. n ti Handy for Spraying Interior of Hen House ery cry three or four weeks or oftener if It ifft it ft becomes damp or dirty The rho quarters should be thoroughly whitewashed at least once a year ye late In summer or early in the fall The whitewash can be made by y slaking lime In boiling water and then thinning thinning thin thin- ning to the proper consistency for ap ap- i plying The addition of or four ounces of carbolic acid to each gallon of ot I whitewash wI will 1 increase Its disinfecting disinfect disinfect- ing lag power The runs should be plowed plowed plow plow- ed occasionally In Ia order to bury th tho accumulated droppings and also aloo to turn up fresh soil |