Show I CLEAN HOUSE IS FIRST ESSENTIAL A clean house Is the first essential In good poultry mana management ement The cleaning should be done before the pullets are put in the house for the winter according to Joint John of the University of Illinois Clean healthy pullets cannot be expected to remain so If the they are arc placed In a filthy hen house which Is likely to harbor worm eggs and disease germs be he points out Nests roosts water dishes and other utensils should be taken out of the house and cleaned and then left leftIn leftin leftin in the sunlight Dropping boards should be cleaned and all litter and manure scraped from the floor The floors sidewalks and ceIling should then be swept after which the interior Interior In in- tenor of the house should be thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- scrubbed with hot water containIng containing con con- taming I lye e at the rate of at one pound to 40 gallons of water No disinfecting disinfecting should be done until after the tile house has hns been en thoroughly cleaned and allowed to dry out The final step Includes replacing the fixtures and putting clean litter on the floor and material in n the nests Houses should be cleaned nn and 1 fresh material put In the nests monthly |