CHAPTER XIX 



SUMMER MANAGEMENT 



SUMMER is always a busy time in the well regulated 

 poultry yard. The stock, both old and young, must 

 receive special attention. Hot weather breeds both 

 lice and disease, unless every precaution is taken to 

 prevent their appearance in the flocks. 



A little neglect during hot months is very apt to 

 cause the poultry raiser much trouble. A few hours' 

 extra work now may be the means of saving many 

 hours of work and anxiety later, not to mention the 

 losses in dollars and cents. 



Don't be unmindful of the fact that thousands of 

 chicks and grown fowls succumb during the hot 

 months from the ravages of insects and disease. A 

 large percentage of this mortality could be overcome 

 if more vigilance were exercised by many of the 

 poultry keepers. 



Filthy quarters during warm weather are bound 

 to result in trouble. Heat and filth play hand in 

 hand to increase vermin to an alarming extent and 

 under such favorable conditions it is difficult to 

 arrest their progress. Let the vermin once get a 

 good start and the work of extermination means a 

 hard fight and a persistent one. The experienced 

 poultryman needs no warning, he knows too well 



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