Show PON Y BEST LITTER TO USE IN BROODER shavings cut St straw and cut hay meet with fador one of the commonest questions asked of the poultry department of the new jersey agricultural experiment station during the spring Is what Is the best litter to me usein in the brooder house 1 for the benefit of all poultry men who are troubled with this problem the station issues the following statement there Is no best litter but there are arc certain requirements that litter must meet in order to be satisfactory tor for use in brooding chicks these requirements are that it should be light in weight thus allowing the droppings and dirt to work to the floor so the chicks are not likely to pick up contaminated tamina ted material absorbent and therefore capable of keeping the brooder house floor dry cheap so 80 one can afford to replace it every five days after the first four weeks and clean which means freedom from mold mustiness and dust cut straw and cut bay meet these requirements they are not the only materials that one can use but they are among the best straw or hay used for litter should always aldays be cut if the straw or hay bay Is not cut it becomes matted and covered with droppings and is ibe therefore of no value for litter bacillary white diarrhea oats and intestinal worms are spread to a large extent by the use of 0 dirty litter the experiment station warns warn one rule in brooding chicks that should be followed it if all others are forgotten Is clean the brooder house every five days this means removing the litter sweeping the noor floor of the brooder house and putting in clean litter |