POULTRY. 



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from the male. Hens should be set in a secluded 

 place and food and fresh water should be constantly 

 within their reach. 



125. cypher's brooder — "b" style, for outdoors. 



In preparing a nest, first put in the bottom a 

 thin sod, and over this a sheet of tar-paper. This 

 will keep away lice. After this some chaff is all 

 that is necessary. When only a few fowl are kept, 





126. PORTABLE HOVEK 



127. ADAPTABLE HOVER. 



nothing more is required than a hen to do the hatch- 

 ing and caring for young chicks. 



When poultry constitute one of the special <le Poultry a 

 partments of the farm, and are kept with a view incubator 

 to making money, the incubator {see III. T24) has Necessar y- 



