I'.irii^nrxr, Poultry Houses. 



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dust most quickly settles and the fowls that are not dusting are not 

 compelled to breathe it. Fowls arc likely to stand upon the edge of an 

 uncovered dust-box and befoul it. 



Notwithstanding the great importance of the dust wallow, there are 

 certain objections to its use. The finer the dusting material the more 

 effective it is in controlling the lice, but the more objectionable it is from 

 a sanitary viewpoint. When clean sand is used, the fowls can get the 

 comfort in the bath without raising a dust; and when tobacco stems or 

 powdered sulfur or lice powder are added in small amounts to the sand, 

 the mixture serves to control the body lice. 



In most houses a 

 small box will pro- 

 vide for a dust wal- 

 low if screened so 

 that the fowls enter 

 through a small open- 

 ing. The box can be 

 raised from the floor 

 on legs to avoid 

 using floor space. A 

 desirable covered 

 dust wallow is 

 shown in Fig. 49. 

 In this type of 

 box much of the 

 dust is retained. 

 In practice, h o w- 

 ever, the fowls fre- 

 (juently come outside of the box to shake themselves. The covered box, 

 therefore, does not entirely overcome the dust difficulty. The windows 

 in the front of the dust box make it light and warm. A small trap 

 door in the cover of the top makes it easy to fill. (Fig. 58.) 



The broody coop 



Every pen should be provided with a hanging coop, with slatted sides 

 and bottom, in which to place broody hens or extra males. (Fig. 50.) 



Fig. 50. — .4 broody coop is a desirable fixture 



Yards and fences 



Extensive yards for each pen or colony are expensive. It has been 

 fully demonstrated that fowls from different pens when yarded together 

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