AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



is warm, and therefore the instructions and sugges- 

 tions given above on warm-weather management 

 will apply during the greater part of the molting 

 period. An occasional feed of linseed meal will 

 be found beneficial to molting birds, while animal 

 food or meat in some form is essential for furnish- 

 ing feather-forming materials. A few handfuls of 

 sunflower seeds every day or two will help to loosen 

 up the old feathers and cause the new ones to come 

 in smooth and oily. This is the only feed or system 

 that the author uses to hasten the molt, as I believe 

 in letting Nature pursue her own course. 



The fall is the time to prepare for winter. There 

 is much to do. Broken window lights, cracks or 

 Fall knotholes in the walls or roof of the 



Management poultry house did not make so much 

 difference in the summer time, but all these, to- 

 gether with any similar defects, must now be reme- 

 died at once. Colds and roup are the results of 

 drafts and dampness during cool weather. The 

 poultry house should always be thoroughly reno- 

 vated and cleaned out just before cold weather sets 

 in. Remove all the old litter, and also three or four 

 inches of the top of an earth floor, and replace this 

 with fresh, untainted material. This is very desir- 

 able in keeping the house fresh and sanitary and 

 prevents disease germs from lurking around from 

 year to year. Burn all the old nesting material as 

 well as the litter. Take the roosts and nests to the 



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