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your poultry house. These shutters admit fresh air and at 

 the same time prevent the rain, sleet or snow from blowing 



A house built after this style, made 12, 14 or 16 feet square, with a good foundation 

 under it. makes one of the best houses that can possibly be built by Missouri farmers, and 

 is also very economically built. 



into the house. If you can't do anything more, cut an opening 

 for ventilation and cover it with a cloth curtain which can be 

 raised and lowered. The farm poultry house should be built 

 in sections 12, 14 or 16 feet square. We prefer a shed roof, and 

 face the house to the south. Make nests, roosts and all inside 

 fixtures loose so they can be removed from the house and every- 

 thing thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. 



3. The average farmer in Missouri grows on his own farm 

 the very best foods for poultry. If the hens are provided with 

 a lot or range to call their own or are moved to the orchard or 

 cornfield, they will consume a great quantity of injurious in- 

 sects, bugs, worms, etc. The hens will turn grass into green- 

 backs and convert rrains into gold. The best poultry food is 

 composed of what I term "5 G's:" grit, grains, greens, grubs, 

 gumption; that is, hens must have some grit with which to 

 grind their food, and also should have some cracked oyster 

 shell. Corn and wheat are staple grains. We also provide 

 ground food composed principally of equal parts of bran, shorts 

 and corn meal, with three-fourths of a pound of fine salt mixed 

 with every hundred pounds of ground food. Hens need a grass 

 run, or else provide them with sprouted oats, alfalfa or clover 

 hay, ensilage, or some green food. If you have sour milk or 



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