Show i t III rat Limed Litter Helps Improve Hens Hens' Health Built Up Built Built- UP System Also Benefits Baby Chicks By W. W J J. J DRYDEN Not only as a means of saving on the cost of litter material as well as on labor but also as a sis control measure authorities now recommend that litter be left in the brooder and laying house for a year or more When the litter Utter Is treated with hydrated lime little danger from disease will result By using the up built-up litter method the poultry house receives additional insulation resulting in drier litter and more mOTe uniform temperature Extensive tests at Ohio and Washington State I colleges have proven the value ol of I y t k r rA ris A is 1 s sy y a f fy y f Healthy poultry can be kept kepton on litter left in houses for a year or more this system of litter management When the up built-up method is employed employed em em- the litter is first put in at two to three inches deep d ep to which one pound of hydrated lime is added to each five square feet of floor space When the litter begins to pack another layer of litter as well as an application of lime is added This may be repeated as needed When the litter is stirred with a fork and sticks together in clumps or if the hens cant can't move it when scratching more lime should be added Less liming will be needed I if feed hoppers and other equipment is moved occasionally I When deep litter is used a greater great great- er amount of lime may be advisable ble This system in fact no system system tem will be satisfactory in damp I weather unless the house Is s well built and land well drained I |