AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



Gentleness pays in handling fowls. Tame fowls 

 are more pleasurable than wild ones, and are also 

 The Effect of more productive. Five minutes' time 

 Excitement a day, for a few weeks or months, 

 Upon Fowls w ;u ma k e any ft o fe o f cn i c kens tame 



and easily handled. Learn them to feed out of 

 your hands. Even Leghorns and other " wild " 

 breeds of poultry will become tame if paid a little 

 careful attention. Large plants often have to 

 restrict the number of visitors allowed on the 

 place, because their presence in the houses and 

 yards, and the attending noises, have a disastrous 

 effect upon the egg production of the hens. Sud- 

 den, jerky movements, loud tones in the voice, 

 loud, flaming colors in the clothing, dogs or strang- 

 ers running through the houses or yards, all have 

 a bad effect upon egg production. 



Where only a small plot of grass can be had, if 

 left unprotected it will soon be destroyed by the 

 Making the hungry fowls. To overcome this dif- 

 Suppiy of ficulty, I often covered the grass with 

 Grass Constant w j re ne tting when I was keeping poul- 

 try on a town lot. By raising the netting on boards 

 or cleats to the height of two or three inches above 

 the ground the fowls can pick the grass off as it 

 grows out above the netting, but cannot scratch it 

 out or destroy the roots. The best netting for this 

 use is the one-half-inch mesh. 



One of the quickest ways to make a hen forget 

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