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Show WINTER QUARTERS FOR HENS Fowl Should Not Be Given Same Ground TheytHave Been Running Over All 8ummr. No flock of chickens should go into winter quarters on the same old ground they have been running over all sum men Sprinkle the runs with lime water wa-ter and then turn 1t under either with a spade, fork or plow. Rake It smooth after the surface has been turned and the fowls will soon make It firm by their tramping. Where fowls are con-fined con-fined In limited runs, this rule Is Imperative Imper-ative for complete sanitation. On larger larg-er runs tt should be done If possible. The chicken bouse should be gone over with a hose or with a good pump j r 1 v . (r Nil , Ilk I Mil j -4 HI ' j.'Hj I 'in i T.. try ..!.tml , Open Front Poultry House. spray to remove the accumulations of summer germ-laden dust All the trash should be cleaned out and spread on some distant field or orchard, and the floors should be cleaned and sprayed. Clean, dry litter must be had for the exercising rooms. If the cloth curtains cur-tains are dusty and dingy, take them down, spread them on the clothes line, and spray them with clean water until white and clean. The germs of contagious con-tagious diseases are very apt to linger In the cloth hangings. The droppings boards should be spread out on the ground and scrubbed clean with water and allowed to dry thoroughly In the sun. ' Lluie water run over them at the last helps to make them ready for a long winter's use. |