Show sprinkle dry earth on the dropping boards lions hens spend perhaps halt cf 0 cheh time on the perches perhaps nearly 75 per cent of the droppings produced ore are collected on the dropping boards by cleaning the boards regularly once each week it Is possible to g gather ather al rao most st pure droppings that are fresh and full of fertilizing value to get full value from them they should be spread at once on the ground to be fer utilized and if possible worked into the soll soil I 1 to preserve and increase the value of the droppings as well as to make the cleaning an easy job it Is well to sprinkle the dropping boards with sifted dry earth sand or land plaster after each cleaning any of these will serve lis as an absorbent to aid in drying the droppings mid and prevent them sticking to the dropping boards in no rase case should lime fine be used on the dropping boards because it releases the nitrogen as ammonia and destroys the fertilizing value of the droppings |