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warm, and crowding- prevents growth. The greatest trouble 

 is that they sweat during- the night and when morning- 

 comes the air is cold. They catch cold, roup sets in, half of 

 them die, and you will have nothing- but small measley 

 chicks instead of laying pullets. This coop is a matter of 

 years of experimenting and I personally made it for my own 

 use and never had better results. With it I have raised pul- 

 lets which layed at five months old and weighed from four 

 to seven pounds each. This kind of poultry win in the poul- 

 try shows and never have been beaten in my case. 



Always keep the pullets and cockerels separate, and 

 never allow a lot of cockerels to worry the pullets. The 

 cockerels will grow much faster, larger and heavier if alone 

 also the pullets grow and lay earlier. 



About the middle of November put the pullets in their 

 winter quarters and don't close the house up tight. When 

 you put them in their new home, give them plenty of air 

 and gradually close up the house. You must use a little 

 common sense and judgment about it. You see, they have 

 been used to out-door air day and night in an open front 

 shed or coop. Always give them free range. Charcoal is 

 good for the chicks when but a few days old, as well as for 

 the hens. Onions cut up fine are the best doctors for fowls 

 .as it gives them an appetite, cleans out the system, serves as 

 green food and prevents diseases. 



When the chicks are eight weeks old give them milk 

 every day. It makes them grow. 



Pullets in their new winter quarters should be without 

 cocks or cockerels until February. They will grow larger 

 and lay better. Feed pullets green food of all kinds and 

 always feed corn at night, all they can eat. Don't feed 

 much mash food, feed it only twice a week and mix grain 

 in the ground food and always just moist, never wet. Keep 

 dust boxes full of fresh dust and keep the grit boxes full. 

 Never have drop boards within three or" four feet of the 

 roosts, unless you clean them off every day or you will have 

 sickly pullets and hens. 



