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AGRICULTURE 



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cleaned. Perches, also, should be movable; they should be low, 

 not more than two and a half or three feet from the ground if large 



breeds are raised. 



In cold sections espe- 

 cially, there should be 

 a scratching-shed at- 

 tached to the house. 

 It should open to the 

 south so as to give sun- 

 shine, and the floor 

 should be covered with 

 straw. 



The house and shed 

 should be kept free 

 from lice and mites. 

 Lice live on fowls. 

 Fowls should be protected against them by insect powder dusted 

 under their feathers, and by having access to dust boxes filled 

 with dust or fine, loose earth. 

 Mites are blood-sucking para- 

 sites that live in the house and 

 attack the fowls at night. They 

 can be destroyed by spraying 

 and washing the inside of the 

 house, the nests, and perches, 

 often and thoroughly, with ker- 

 osene, kerosene emulsion, or 

 whitewash containing carbolic 

 acid. 



Diseases. Filth and dampness are directly or indirectly the 

 cause of most poultry diseases. Cholera, the most fatal and con- 



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