Show PREPARING FO foli WINTER if everything about the poultry ouse and yards has not been put in tor for winter so when the in lement weather sets in the fowls eed not suffer it should not be long r delayed the weather will soon e such that confinement indoors aill ill ibe necessary and everything that induces to the comfort and well be ng ne of the fowls should be attended to now the hens must be kept hapy arid and contented it if they are to do well they should be kept busy intent contentedly edly scratching in the litter or ar indulging in some other means i i obtaining exercise As sunlight is a great purifier and ids in fit keeping the floor and litter iry and warm it is essential that the andews be kept free of cobwebs dirt and dust so that the sun can shine through at all times limes an old room and some rags should be kept hardy andy tor for the purpose of keeping the windows in presentable shape by onig over them once a week they an easily be kept in he broom can cali be used to clear any ay the cobwebs and hardened dirt rags are all that are necessary to beep ep the glass from accumulations i dust you will find in nearly every flock lew ew hens that have formed the ill ot of ro in me nest boxes v if a bad and filthy habit and the vs should be broken ot of this at Q the nesting material becomer J d and clean cleall eggs can not be aaen from such tests iesals soiled gs s become tainted from coming in with the droppings and the flavor is affected it if placing the af hens on the roost a few ais LILS in ill succession does not break lem ism of the habit then the nest axes should tie be cioaca each after oon con before the hens go to lo roost L ie arrangement of the drinking sels ils should come in or some con atti 1 on to place on the floor kith ith no protection from the fillet eing scratched therein 9 poor poliy some means should be devised to protect the water from dirt and jer some place toe the vessels on selves raised olt off the floor fl this arrangement Is all it if the file pans e secured in some manner so that ey will not be by the hens epping on them or knocking them plaiting Pla icing the pans in tied aed boxes with sloping tops so ae pans are about 6 inches above le he floor isa is a good arrangement the loping top will prevent the liens hens i ora om lighting on it and also tend to i dirt the owls fowls can insert aela heads through the slats to drink but can not get into the water ith their feet some may not give any on as to the location of the water essola but I 1 find they should be jiacco in the right place for best results in my observations I 1 have found that in scratching in the litter he fowls work away from the light hat Is they tace face the source of light when working and scratch the litter LO 10 the back of coop now it Is evident that it if the vessels are placed n the back of the coop they would kiy illy i lly become filled with litter 1 therefore he place the water vessels as aa ear car the endows as aa possible and you will aill exper experience leme no trouble in this ard this also applies to water vessels ves ses grit box etc look to the root while the weather s yet favorable tor for such work it if tiers acre are any leaky places in the tha root roof they should be rp repaired aired at once asphalt and other prepared patches of the same material over the bad spots it if the root roof Is of shingles then all missing shingles should be replaced and all those that have become loosened should be so see that all water from the roof Is carried away from the building and not be allowed to run down the side of the house and into the coop 0 0 E H |