108 999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



QUESTION Does lack -of exercise affect fowls injuriously? 



ANSWER Yes. They learn feather pulling, egg-eating and 

 other bad habits in addition to the physical ailments resulting from 

 inaction. 



QUESTION How can fowls be prevented from fighting through 

 a wire netting fence when there is no baseboard? 



ANSWER Stretch a wire the length of the fence on both sides 

 about eight inches from the fence and about six inches above the 

 ground. It can be fastened to stakes driven in the ground. 



QUESTION Is there more money in breeding fancy poultry than 

 in producing eggs and meat for market ? 



ANSWER There is if the business is rightly managed and prop- 

 erly advertised. Market eggs sell for 15 cents to 50 cents per dozen 

 and table fowls for 25 cents to one dollar each. Eggs from high 

 grade exhibition birds sell for $2 to $5 per setting, and the birds 

 themselves for $3 to $100 each. 



QUESTION What is meant by "dubbing" fowls? 

 ANSWER Cutting off the combs or both comb and wattles. It 

 is seldom practiced except with game fowls. 



QUESTION If hens of one breed are crossed with a male of 

 another will the two always thereafter be contaminated and unfit 

 for producing pure birds of their respective breed if mated to their 

 kind? 



ANSWER No. The male is not affected at all for any length 

 of time. To be absolutely sure, the female should lay from ten to 

 twenty eggs after removal from the male. 



QUESTION When the male bird in the breeding pen seems 

 to allow the hens to eat more than their share of the food, should 

 he be fed separately ? 



ANSWER Yes. Male birds quite frequently allow the hens to 

 eat all the food, and whether it is noticed or not, the breeder will 

 do well to give the male bird at least an occasional meal by him- 

 self, in order to be assured of getting well fertilized and hatchable 

 eggs. 



QUESTION How would you rid a poultry house of mites ? 



ANSWER Remove from the house all movable fixtures such 

 as nests, roosts, etc., saturate them with kerosene and set fire to 

 Jhem, extinguishing it before they are injured, after which return 

 them to the house and give everything inside and outside a liberal 

 coat of whitewash. 



