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they may wallow in the dust. A comparatively 

 small box will answer for a flock of a dozen or 

 twenty hens if the attendant will see that the box 

 is kept well filled with dry dust and free from 

 litter and other coarse material. If these boxes 

 can be so placed that they receive some sunshine 

 on bright days it will be found easier to keep the 



Fig. 45. Combined house and scratching shed, an excellent plan. 

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dust dry, and fowls prefer them so located rather 

 than in some dark corner. Fine road dust pro- 

 cured during the hot, dry weather of July and 

 August from a much -traveled highway has no 

 superior for this purpose. Probably there is no 

 way in which the poultryman can better combat 

 the body -lice than by providing dust boxes for 

 his fowls. It is true that the fowls may be kept 

 comparatively free from these pests by the occa- 

 sional use of insecticides dusted thoroughly among 



