Show CLEAM CLEAN THE POULTRY HOUSE give it u ao broil l going over bear winter att seta in befaro going into their win winter ter quarter quarters th fc hickens should all be turned out of tim poultry house and ft a thorough clean ing log mid and renovation of the place shonic be attempted it is in the winter tim time that egg bring their high prices and tin the fowls that can be induced to lay deavil heavily then will be inure than profitable the can only do thia this however when clean sanitary poultry houses are fitted up foi their comfort fall cleaning of tin the houses is more essential than the spring for the filth and dirt that are left in the house in the tho winter must bo be shut up in tight places so that it will tend to breedl 1 disease worms maggots and lice will wi thrive in tills this firth which is kept wanne warms than the outside air they will soot warm swarm about the interior in great num bers and hatti naturally rally worry the life out 0 the chickens in addition to this thi the chickens will have to breathe the fou air that emanates from the gases of thi filth alus alone is sufficient to CHUS cans alc richness kliess and death A thorough renovation of the hous outside and inside should be made everything should bo be taken out and thi ill root roof ceiling bides and floor should b bi swept and then washed and scrubbed there is nothing like thorough scrubbing sc rubbin with s soap 0 and water to make tile board cle a and n S then let the be aired for a day and meanwhile wasil and scrub the feed coed boxes rhenest the nest boxes the roo ro ostin atin bricks and so everything that was taken tarell wit after thia this go into the house aenni aill whitewash all of the woodwork wooi work do not be afraid of the whitewash I 1 but ut throw it on thickly es specially ally in tle cracks and holes when t lice and his arta tm may be lodging in fact all the wood work is 13 thus washed except the broostin ro g poles which are sc scrubber rubbe with baili boiling ia tater ft t ater and then treated trea teil with kero kerosene mene oil these should be drenched with oil afterward about onci once a month and no disease can then ven verb well attack the chickens the red mite are often troublesome in the winter bu this treatment will keep them away Th the house ehouse outside should be inspects carefully an and I 1 every crack through whick snow or wind would come in must bi stopped up have no wind of drafts rafts blow ing on th the e chickens but have good ventilation tila ti lation tiou if such a house cleaning I 1 u given every tall fall one may de depend 1 it that he will have more eggs anil and healthier fowls in the winter aunie C webster in american cultivator |