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Show GOOD CARE IN HOT WEATHER Constant Attention Must Be Given That Hens and Young Chickens , Have Plenty Fresh Water. During the spring and Hummer months conxtunt caro nuit !) taken to aco vhut the h"ns und young chick-ens chick-ens have plenty of water and shade, auys a writer in tho Iowa IlomeUead. The hena cannot manufacture ejgs without a liberal supply of water, aa a large per cent, of egga la composed of water. The growing flock, too. will not develop properly If half famlahed from thirxt. Thla may mean no winter win-ter eggs from the pullets. If one would take the beat caro of the flock be should give It fresh water In the morning and Juht alter noon. The water that atands In a fountain very long becomea stale and unhealthy. un-healthy. Water should always be pure and tho vesacla clean. It la wine to keep the water vesnels In the shade of the houao or trees all the day. Thla leads to the Important question of shade. No fowla will do well In warm weuther without sulllclent shade. I have made It a special point to notice my hena In the Bummer, and I have discovered that along toward the ntlddlo of the day they will seek thelter from tho sun's hot rays. They will either retire to the ahade of a tree or the shelter of tho poultry house. They prefer to get away from the bouse If they can llnd suitable ahade elsewhere. If no trees are growing in the yard and there are no liui-hea or shrubbery of any kind where the flock may find shndo It will be well to ronatruct an artificial shade by setting pout Into the ground, one nt each corner of a parallelogram par-allelogram plot. Nail rroaaplecea to these and placa boards on them. Here the hens may find retreat from the hot sun. |