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They will climb on the boards witi,out help. Trent each old 

 bird m this manner and put them all out in the flv pen then 

 haxe a bucket of whit ^vvash ready rnd v.hitewa.h" the nsid 

 of the nest room while the birds are dryin. Nes,. Mth ,n • 

 young or eggs can be taken out during this operation 



fha? v' '° ':'''' *™'" «"*""« <^8SS or squabs mixed, and .0 

 that you may know the exact nest they belong in it is well o 



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I would advise that the old nest material be destroved and he 

 rep aced with nests made of fresh material, first cmering the 

 bottom of the nests with air-slacked lime. A good planTs t! din 



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floor with crude petroleum or coal tar thinned with ga oline 

 You can use an ordinary paint brush for this. Then fhut the 

 doors and windows tight and spray each nest wi h naptha o r 

 formaldehyde, the latter being the best and can be ob ahied 

 from almost any fair size drug store ouiainea 



You should tie a sponge or wet cloth over vour mouth and 

 "ck if'vrhTeT.ri' '' ""^ ^-"-'d-^h'-le is apt to mak ^ou 

 wUh ^ , ' '°° ™"'='' °' "• The spraving can be done 



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de:'hirsLT':rid';:r"^ °' "^ formaldehyde will mike them 

 oeathlj sick and will even cause them to throw up their feed 



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do^he'worktnd'tb''' *t'' ''""*' ^ '''''' -^»^°1, but it will 

 cannot It hh /^r""^*"^ ""* ^°" "' "^« ^"1 °i"es if you 

 cannot get rid of them any other way. If this oneration i<= 

 performed on a warm day it will not be necessary to kep the 

 eggs or squabs warm except to throw a light clo[h over ?hem 



