AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



will have to be. Among these matters deserving 

 special attention is that of the double necessity for 

 Sanitation of keeping small yards in a perfectly 

 Yards sanitary condition. Large yards may 



be purified both by cultivation and by the growing 

 of crops on them. Small yards can be kept free 

 from impurities only by cultivation. Fresh, dry 

 loam is capable of deodorizing large quantities of 

 droppings, and a small yard may be kept compara- 

 tively clean in this respect if it is raked, spaded, 

 or cultivated in some other way quite frequently. 

 Whenever possible, the yards should be made of 

 sufficient length and width to allow the use of a 

 horse cultivator, as it is quite a task to cultivate 

 by hand even a small plot a half-dozen or more 

 times a year. Aside from the value of purifying 

 the soil, it always is an advantage to supply green 

 food for the fowls by growing grass or grain in 

 the runs, which lessens the labor of supplying 

 green stuff and the birds relish it more when they 

 can eat it as it grows. 



Poultry fences may be either stationary or port- 

 able. In the case of the latter, they had best be 

 Construction made in sections of about twelve feet 

 of Fences i n length, with a base board and top 

 board so that the fence will stand moving without 

 harm. Picket and lath fences are practical only for 

 small yards, and where good appearances are an 

 object they may be attractively designed and 



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