POULTRYMAN'S CALENDAR 239 



Plenty of fresh, cool water for drinking and a clean 

 place for roosting must be provided during the heated 

 term. 



Insect vermin, including lice and mites, will throng the 

 poultry in the poultry houses during the heated term, 

 unless prevented through cleanliness and care. 



July and August are the hardest months of the year 

 in the latitude where heat is intense during that period. 

 During the hot period fowls should have principally 

 wheat and oats ground oats, wheat bran, and wheat 

 middlings as a dry mash. 



Fowls intended for market during fall months should 

 be fed liberally during this period with fattening food 

 and be sold to market as soon as they are well fattened. 



Shade is an absolute necessity during the heated 

 period. If natural shade does not exist artificial shade 

 of some kind must be provided. 



Fowls should be in full molt at this time. Hens that 

 are overly fat do not molt quickly; hens that are very 

 thin in flesh are slow to molt. Fowls in good con- 

 dition usually molt the best; those that are too fat 

 should have less to eat; those that are thin in flesh 

 should be fed liberally; those that molt well should be 

 protected from cold drafts and have a good, nourishing 

 ration. Fowls that have free range will need only 

 proper grain diet. 



AUGUST 



During the heated term of dog days, old and young 

 fowls of all kinds, including turkeys and water fowls, 

 suffer intensely from heat, and plenty of green food, grit, 

 and fresh water should be provided. 



At this time all old fowls, male and female, past 

 2 yr. old should be sold. The hens would lay but few 

 eggs from now until winter, and as market poultry 

 they will probably bring more than at any other time 

 for the next 3 mo. 



Continued cleanliness in and about the poultry houses, 

 freedom from insect vermin, and free range are the 

 necessities at this time. 



