AMONG ANCONAS" 



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Remarks on Chicken Parks and Equipment 



THE chicken parks should be as generous as the ground will permit. 

 The ideal park would have a southern exposure. It is a good plan to 

 plant fruit trees in the parks, and these will furnish the chickens with 

 shade as well as the table with lots of fruit. The parks should be cultivated 

 often in the early spring. If the parks are long enough it is well to fence off 

 the part farthest from the laying house and sow it with rape. This not only 

 furnishes the chickens with an excellent green food, but also keeps the ground 

 sweet and fresh. It is important to have the parks built on high ground as 

 well as the houses. In case the high ground cannot be secured, be sure that 

 the parks are well drained, because the chickens will not do well where they 

 have to stay in parks that are wet for several days after every rainstorm. 



I realize that the moment I begin to recommend different types of equip- 

 ment, that I am wading out into deep water, water that is likely to become 

 "hot" but I stated at the beginning of this book that I was going to give you 

 as much of my experience as I thought would be helpful and I intend to keep 

 my word even if I put myself in the position of advertising some of my good 

 friends. I don't expect you to agree with everything I say. My only excuse 

 for laying bare my experience is because that is what you paid for when you 

 purchased this book and my equipment must be fairly satisfactory or I would 

 not have been able to take a profit from it. It is results that count, after all! 



