A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



swallow long pieces, which are apt to cause 

 them to become crop-bound. 



Be especially careful about removing drop- 

 pings under the roosts, and use kerosene oil 

 and carbolic mixture on the perches, nests, 

 etc. Cool, fresh drinking water should be 

 before them all the time. Dust baths will be 

 more constantly in use now than earlier in 

 the season, so should be refilled with clean 

 cool ashes or dry earth two or three times 

 a week. (Let me caution not to use wood 

 ashes anywhere round hens or chicks, be- 

 cause, should they eat them, bowel trouble 

 will be the result.) Whitewash the house 

 outside, and allow plenty of ventilation. 



The same strenuous cleanliness must be 

 observed in the pigeon-house. These warm 

 days all sorts of bad odors arise from unsus- 

 pected places; so go through stables, sheds, 

 and cellar, scattering lime in corners out 

 of the stock's reach, of course. It will 

 purify the air, and kill hundreds of embryo 

 insects. 



180 



