NATURAL LAWS. 



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day in the year, in all climates and weather, and always has 

 free range, so notice what I say about free range. Don't 

 lock them up. Give them liberty, don't make prisoners of 

 them. They never will do well nor lay half as many egg's 

 nor half as many fertile eggs if kept fenced in. 



In this book you will find blue prints of poultry houses 

 of my own plans, and if these houses are used you will find 

 them cheap and healthy for Poultry. These plans cost me a 

 lot of money and time and are a matter of twenty-five years 

 experimenting with all kinds of houses. I have made hun- 

 dreds of different kinds of houses and find these the best. 



Feeding to Prevent Disease. 



In winter, say December, feed in morning wheat, one 

 handful to two birds, in straw, at noon a little cabbage, 

 whole heads and at three o'clock feed them corn, one hand- 

 ful to two birds. Next day oats in the morning and at noon 

 feed barley, at night, corn. Every day feed a different kind 

 of grain; that is, don't feed corn all the time, nor wheat 

 every day, but three times a week, in other words feed a 

 variety. Onions every other day cut up. As to mash, don't 

 feed much of it unless you want sick fowls. Once or twice 

 a week at noon feed oats that have been soaked in hot water 

 half a day. Pour off all the water, then mix bran and 

 ground food with the oats, this makes a dry crumbly mash, 

 not hot and the gizzard will have a little grinding to do. If 

 all the food was ground the gizzard would be idle and the 

 fowl would overload its stomach by eating too much. This 

 would cause a disorder, indigestion and fever will start, and 

 finally roup and cold. Don't either starve or over feed ttiem, 

 but keep them in goodflesh, never feed powders or medicine. 

 Feed fresh cracked bone twice a week and one handful to 

 twenty-five birds, not meat but bone. A bone cutter will 

 be of great help. Humphreys Bone Cutter is the best, easy 

 to work and cheap. If you want to feed meat boil it first 

 then it will be good, otherwise it is dangerous. Also always 



