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THE RURAL EFFICIENCY GUIDE STOCK 



Keep the House Free From Vermin. Keep the poultry house clean and 

 it will not be infested with lice and mites. Cover the nests and roosts with 

 kerosene or kerosene emulsion once a month during the spring and summer 

 to eliminate them. The best preventatives are sunlight and cleanliness. 



House Need Not Be Expensive to Be Good. A good house does not 

 necessarily mean an expensive house. A shed made of posts with straw for 

 sides makes a. good house but this kind is hard to keep clean. 



The Open Front Poultry House. 



Keep These Things in Mind in Housing. 



1. Floor Space. Two to five square feet of floor space should be allowed 

 per fowl. 



2. Fresh Air. Fresh air should be secured by ventilation rather than 

 by increasing the amount of cubic air space thus giving more space than neces- 

 sary for the convenience of the attendant. 



3. Intensive vs. Colony System. More birds can be kept per floor area 

 under the colony than on the intensive system in mild climates where the 

 hens have free range throughout the year. 



