Rich County Reaper | 1939-02-03 | Page 2 | Houses Need Litter |

Type	issue
Date	1939-02-03
Paper	Rich County Reaper
Language	eng
City	Randolph
County	Rich
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK	ark:/87278/s66d6xcw
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66d6xcw

Article Title	Houses Need Litter
Type	article
Date	1939-02-03
Paper	Rich County Reaper
Language	eng
City	Randolph
County	Rich
Page	2
OCR Text	Show houses need litter litter serves a triple purpose in the laying house it serves to keep the floor warm it helps to keep the tha house dry and it provides material in which the birds can scratch it is therefore necessary to have the floor littered for the pullets the most satisfactory litter is highly ab tive and will not pack various materials are used such as straw peat and oat hulls these materials are placed on the floor of the poultry house to a depth of about 2 inches when straw is used it should be applied to a depth of 6 to 8 inches
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66d6xcw/9295287