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planed and fitted loosely into grooves so that they may be easily 

 removed for cleansing. Sulphur pyrethrum or buhabh and 

 tobacco dust are all useful powders for the extermination of lice. 

 They may be dusted among the feathers of the fowls, and also 

 scattered in the nests. The coops should be thoroughly white- 

 washed at least twice a year, the oftener the better. The wash 

 should be applied as hot as possible and quite thin that it may 

 penetrate every crack and crevice. A small quantity of carbolic 

 acid should be added to every bucketful applied. 



Sometime during the year when farm work is not very press- 

 ing, the farmer, with the assistance of his boys and hired help, 

 can put up a very substantial poultry house, at small expense. 

 There are two prerequisites, absolutely essential to the place 

 which is to be chosen as a location for a poultry house, namely 

 a warm southerly exposure and a perfectly dry soil. A slight 

 elevation, gentry sloping southward, furnishes a very suitable 

 site, for, by making a small excavation, the building may be set 

 with the rear partly under ground, which location will break off 

 the North winds, and save a large amount of warmth. If the 

 ground is at all wet, it must either be tile drained, or the earth 

 must be removed to the depth of two feet, then rocks filled in 

 and covered with gravel. The lumber used in the construction 

 of the building, need not necessarily be expensive, but must be 

 strong and durable. The cheapest form would be one roof, 

 sloping from front to rear, about five feet stud in the rear, and 

 seven feet in the front, or perhaps a foot more on each would 

 make it more convenient. If the coop is to be divided on the 

 inside into a number of divisions, it will be handy to have a pas- 

 sage two and a half feet wide run along the rear of the building. 

 Let everything on the inside be as simple as possible, and th e 

 nests and roosts be portable, that they may be often removed 

 for cleansing. 



For inside division, two inch nest wire netting is a much 

 neater device than laths. It will be well to board up tight to 

 two and a half feet from the ground to prevent the males from 



