CHAPTER XIII 



SEPTEMBER 



QCRATCHING materials and green 

 ^-> food for the fowls and chickens should 

 now be thought of, or else they will go short 

 in the winter and the egg crop will di- 

 minish. Dandelion, plantain, chickweed, and 

 all such green things, gathered and packed 

 into barrels with a board fitted tightly to the 

 inside on which a heavy weight is placed, 

 will remain in a fresh, succulent condition far 

 into the cold season. This will save expense, 

 materially increase the egg yield, and insure 

 fertility. Ferns and weeds, cut now and 

 dried, will enable you to be generous with 

 litter during the cold months. 



September should find all the pullets 

 "singing." Keep them busy, get them to 

 laying steadily before the really cold weather 

 comes. Are the old houses . all in order ? 



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