A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



with my poultry, and is much better than 

 dosing with drugs, which are not always on 

 hand when wanted on a farm. 



But prevention is always better than cure. 

 Use common sense combined with humane 

 thoughtfulness towards your stock. When 

 you notice that the night has changed 

 suddenly, or that the morning is raw and 

 damp, causing you and the family to spe- 

 cially enjoy the hot cup of coffee, just add a 

 dessert-spoonful of kerosene to each quart 

 of drinking water for all the birds. Give a 

 little less mash for breakfast. Half an hour 

 after empty a bed of leaves into each house, 

 and a couple of handfuls of millet seed, 

 thus insuring an extra amount of exercise. 

 Work that circulates the blood is the best 

 way of warding off a cold. If you haven't 

 any millet, brush up the barn and throw 

 the sweepings into the houses if it is rain- 

 ing; into the yards if it is dry. Dry cold 

 does not hurt fowls, but there is danger in 

 damp or draught. 



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