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Show Shade Quite Important During Heat of Summer It is not always going to rain, nor are all the coming days going to be cloudy and dark. Lhiring the early part of the season, when the sunshine is so limited, it is well to talk of the advantages of the direct rays of the sun, and they are important, but it won't be long now until we are complaining com-plaining of the heat. It is then well to remember that there is such a thing as too much direct sunshine and that ehade is just as important, and we should provide some for those growing grow-ing chicks. If their yards have no natural nat-ural shade, then provide some artificial shade Jor them. Also remember they relish fresh, clean water as well as you do. Do not allow their drinking vessels to become dirty, and slimy Keep them clean and supplied with fresh water. Also see that their roosting quarters are kept cleaned and disinfected. They will not only brood but hatch lice and mites as well as they will brood chicks. It Is much easier to keep rid of the pests than it Is to get rid of them. A little elbow grease and back bending bend-ing exercise will do your chicks a lot of good, If rightly applied. |