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THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



FIG. 11. CHARCOAL AND SHELL Box. 



mixture of two-thirds road dust, one-third perfectly dry wood 

 or coal ashes, and a twenty-five cent package of carbolic pow- 

 der. With the aid of this dusting-box and an occasional dosing 



of the roosts with kerosene, the 

 fowls will keep themselves free 

 from lice. 



Another useful fixture in the 

 poultry -house is a box like the one 

 illustrated by Fig. 11. It should 

 be hung on stout nails driven 

 into the side of the house, and 

 high enough from the floor to 

 keep the fowls from scratching dirt into the contents. One 

 compartment should be kept filled with bits of charcoal, and 

 the other with crushed oyster shells. 



Feed-boxes or troughs are a necessity. When food is 

 thrown on the floor, or on any piece of board that comes handy, 

 much of it is wasted, and besides, 

 it is not what one might call a 

 cleanly method of feeding. The 



feed-trOUgh shown by Fig. 12 FIG. IZ-FEF.D-TROUGH. 



is as good as any that I ever tried, and has the merit of being 

 quickly and easily made. Fig. 13 illustrates a feed-box that is 



proof against rats. The direc- 

 tions for making are as follows : 

 " Make a platform two or three 

 feet square ; then make a box 

 three inches high and sixteen 

 inches square, and nail it firmly 

 to the center of the platform. 

 Saw strips one and one-fourth 

 inches square and'eigh teen inches 

 high for the posts at the cor- 

 ners ; nail strips two inches 

 wide to the posts at the top ; then nail common lath to the top 

 and bottom, leaving space of two inches between the slats. 

 Make the roof as shown in the engraving, and separate so that 



FIG. 13. RAT-TROOF FKED-BOX. 



