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Show j MOVABLE ROOSTS AND NESTS Nothlnfl More Convenient In Cleaning Than Long Saw-Horse in Fight Against Little Parasites. After trying all sorts and types of rooHts and roost-poles, I am convinced that nothing is better than a long saw-horse, says a writer In the Farm, Mall and Hres-zn. A roost of this type, set on a smooth floor, and with removable neat boxes, makes It possl-1 possl-1 ble to keep the henhouae ierfectly rlean at all times. The main difficulty experienced In cleaning the house U the obstructions, theae being usually the roosts and nebts. If they can bo taken cut quickly and handily, and nothing left but a bare room with a smooth board floor, the work of cleaning clean-ing becomes an easy task. Once a week I give the henhouses ' 4;; ' '"T-.-'lj.- Movable Roosts and Nests. a cleaning. The nest boxes are first taken out, the straw dumed and burned and the boxes theniHelves whitewashed and aired, llofore being be-ing returned they are supplied with clean straw. Treatment of this sort la "death on bugs." The saw-horse roosts undergo the . same cleaning process, being taken out. brushed nnd whitewashed. The henhouse floor Is then swept clean and tho whole Interior given a new sprinkle sprin-kle of whitewash. Should lice or mltcs be manifest, an additional treatment treat-ment of chloride of lime Is given, but this Is seldom necessary. |