62 POULTRY BREEDING IN 



The means of collecting and profitably using the poul- 

 try manure. 



The constant renewal of the ground will prevent it 

 getting tainted from the fowls' droppings. 



The temperature should be kept equal, and cold and 

 dampness prevented. 



Preventing diseases from exposure to cold, and wet, 

 and contagion. 



Economy in food, as poultry will eat much less when 

 warmly housed, and deprived of roaming about. 



Keeping breeds and sexes separate. 



Enabling precise statistics to be obtained as to the com- 

 parative productiveness of the various breeds, and also in 

 ascertaining what hens have ceased laying. 



The early detection of hens wanting to sit. 



Obtaining a larger number of eggs, and in seasons 

 when most scarce. 



A genial temperature will induce the hens to sit, not- 

 withstanding cold weather. 



This system, however, like all new systems, must be 

 extended gradually, as old birds which have been accus- 

 tomed to roam will fret and lose in appearance the first 

 few months, but the young that are reared and fed on this 

 system will thrive much better, and at less expense for 

 food, than under the present mode. 



The annexed sketches, one for an improved self-supply- 

 ing drinking fountain, and the other for supplying poul- 

 taceous food without possibility of waste, are particularly 

 recommended as most efficient : 



