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Show SEE TO REPAIRS IN AUTUMN Get After Leaks and Cracks Befon Cold Weather Sets In Dampness Damp-ness Is Worst Enemy. Nothing is much more dismal than a leaky hen house on a rainy day; the hens huddle in the light spots ; the drip, drip of the rain splashes and spreads ; the Indescribable smell of thfi damp droppings permeates the air. After a few days of such weather comes the sickly smell of roup, and the thought of getting eggs for eating from such a place is anything but ap petizing. Dampness quicker than cold will rob chickens of their "pep." Get after leaks before the weather turns too cold. Make the house warm ! without being "close." Remove droppings drop-pings and scour ground from a dirt-floored dirt-floored house, and scatter well-slaked lime in the damp places. Be sure that no lumps of lime remain. When the house is patched, the windows cleaned, and the floor renewed, the chickens become more alert; cheerful singing accompanies the busy scratching to which the hens betake themselves- always provided they have neither lice by day nor mites by night. |