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writer was particularly struck with the freedom 

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 from Middlelon to Wolfville. Not only was 

 the fruit clean, but there were very few codling 

 moths observed, and the conclusion reached was 

 that, while the crop would not l)e more than a 

 medium one, the fruit would grade high. The 

 variety which was esix^cially admired was the 

 Blenheim, which we believe will soon take the 

 leading place in the estimation of the fruit 

 growers there. 



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Judging by the orchards seen, we should say 

 that this year there is a good crop of Blenheim, 

 Wagener and Baldwin; a medium crop of King 

 and Ben Davis; a light to medium crop of 

 Ribston, Roxbury, Russet (Nonpariel) and 

 Golden Russet. The Northern .Spy is not a 

 prominent variety in N.S. The apples generally 

 appear higher in color this year than we have 

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Now that severe frosts are beginning, the 

 housing of the fowl through the winter is the 

 important question in the minds of breeders. 

 Some are extending their poultry houses, and 

 others are building new ones. One of the chief 

 parts of a poultry house is the floor With a 

 view to economy some houses arc built without 

 any floor other than the earth By experienced 

 people this plan is seldom used, especially in the 

 colder parts of the province. While dry sand 

 or earth is desirable for the outside scratching 

 pen, used to give the fowl exercise on sunny 

 days, t has not been found satisfactory for the 

 permanent house floor. The fowl scratch deep 

 holes into the dirt and thereby mix it with the 

 litter, dry leaves or chaff. This makes it im- 

 possible to clean out the pen without removing 

 quantities of the earth. This is tedious work, 

 and sometimes it lowers the level of the floor 

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 allows the cold air to enter. It is not always 

 convenient in midwinter to obtain a fresh supply 

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Two flooring materials may be used, cement 

 or wood. Cement is a cold iloor. It is, also, 

 more expensive than wood. When the outside 

 temperature rises in winter, as it does frequently, 

 the cement retains, for some hours, a lower tem- 

 perature than that outside, and this causes 

 moisture to form on the surface of the floor. 

 This dampens the litter, which must always be 

 used hberally to keep the fowl from coming in 

 contact with the cold cement. It has one dis- 

 tinct advantage, however, over other floorings: 

 It will keep out the rats, but they get even by 

 gnawing away the lower corners of the doors. 



The best flooring is wood. It is dry, warm 

 for the fowl to stand on and absorbs the moisture 

 from the drippings. The same quantity of 

 litter on a wood floor will last half as long again 

 as on a cement floor. No mistake will be made 

 in putting into the building a wooden floor. 



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In most pens some birds will be noticed to 

 have scaly legs. It is much easier to treat these 

 birds now than when the weather is colder. 

 The remedies are simple. Kerosene or vaseline 

 applied once a week, giving 2 to 3 applications, is 

 all that is necessary. 



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