Show litter not desirable place for grain feed experimental work nt at several stations as well as the practical experience of a large number of poultry keepers prove th that athens hens do not need to hunt in the litter for their feed in order to lay well more afore and more people are feeding the whole and cracked grain to the poultry in troughs to keep it cleaner than it would be if scattered in the litter I 1 litter Is highly desirable in a poultry house bouse during the time that the flock Is kept confined but Us its virtue Is in keeping the fet feat cleaner the floor drier and more easily cleaned and the house warmer than when no litter Is used and not to furnish a place to hide the grain feed some grain will be dropped in the straw or chaff or shredded fodder or peat moss even though troughs are used and the liens hens will scratch for it but deliberately scattering the grain in the litter unless there Is no container available serves no useful purpose |