Show charcoal lessens many troubles among poultry experience has taught us that it if charcoal Is kept before the poultry at all times the sorts ports of many digestive troubles will be lessened ihnot entirely avoided A small hopper such as a Is used for thi the oyster shell should be used for the charcoal so that the fowls may alck at it at will the charcoal tends to sweeten the digel digestive tract thus doing away with gases and preventing foods from spoiling in ID the crop charcoal Is inexpensive it dors does not no pay to empty the wood ashes in the he poultry yard as only a very small part of this Is charcoal nod and the ash makes valuable fert fertilizer inizer Ilow however evor if the ashes are ae emptied in the dust bath they are a great help in ridding the fowls of lice and at the same time thile they will pick up what charcoal Is thereto therein small chicks have the charcoal granulated for them as they bey arp are unable to pick lip the larger pieces |