A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



dry earth, or ashes on the bottom. These 

 places are for quarantine coops, in which 

 new birds can be segregated, until the nec- 

 essary precautions have been effected. Fill 

 a flour dredger with any good insect pow- 

 der ; take each bird by the legs, hold it 

 head down, and powder thoroughly, especially 

 in the soft feathers around the thighs and 

 tail; then put it into the coop, where the 

 birds are to be kept for two or three days, 

 during which time they should be powdered 

 every night, to insure their being free from 

 vermin when placed in the chicken-house. 

 Care in always observing this rule saves much 

 future work, and protects the premises from 

 contamination. 



The plan of establishing the country house 

 without capital forbids the building of a 

 feed house until success and natural growth 

 compel properly constructed accommodation, 

 which will be the next fall. Until that time, 

 some makeshift must be fixed up; for it is 

 annoying well-nigh impossible to have 



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