DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



273 



PRODUCT OF A THREE-YEAR-OLD 

 HEN 



tagious of these diseases, is often the result of bad food, impure 

 water, or overcrowding in a dirty house. It is caused by bac- 

 teria which are taken in through 

 the mouth. Feeding and watering 

 places should be disinfected and 

 kept clean. Sick fowls should be 

 killed and burned or buried deep. 



Care. It must always be re- 

 membered that good breeds are not 

 enough. Good food and good care 

 are needed. Improved breeds given EG 

 proper care yield the largest profits 

 in meat and eggs. But when they are neglected and left to 



scratch for 

 a living, the 

 common 

 fowls that 

 are used to 

 shifting for 

 themselves 

 do as well or 

 better than 

 improved 

 breeds. In 

 any case, it 

 is the young 

 fowls that 

 are profit- 

 AN INCUBATOR AND BROODER able. A hen 



three years old is usually past her usefulness as an egg pro- 

 ducer. 



