100 THE HOME POULTRY, BOGE 
more chickens than tainted ground. If possible, the 
youngsters should be raised each year on ground 
which has not been used for poultry since a green 
crop of some kind has been grown on it. Plowing 
up the land and sowing oats or rye will help to 
purify the soil. If the land used for the young 
chickens can be planted to winter rye in the Fall, a 
double purpose will be accomplished, for the ground 
will be put into condition for chicken raising the 
next season and the rye will give the hens green 
food in Winter, for they can be allowed to range 
over it when there is no snow on the ground. 
Where there is little land, the chicks with hens 
may be confined in small coops easily made of dry 
goods boxes with a chicken wire run. ‘The end of 
the run may be divided into a small feeding com- 
partment for the chicks by making a partition of 
laths far enough apart so that the young birds can 
pass freely through. If fed here the chicks can 
be given any kind of food and it will not be wasted 
or spoiled by the hen. If coop and run are made 
solid, that arrangement is an advantage, for the 
whole outfit can easily be moved by two people and 
a shift every few days will keep the chicks always 
on fresh ground. Even when it is safe to give the 
