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Plenty of shade should be provided during this 

 time and the houses kept as open as possible so as 

 to be cool and comfortable for roosting. Where 

 it is not convenient to have the hens run in 

 orchards or small fruit plantations, convenient 

 shade may be provided by quick-growing annuals 

 such as sunflowers, corn, vines of various kinds or 

 artificial shelters made of canvas, illustrated on 

 other pages. During the heat of the day they should 

 be encouraged to occupy these quarters, and dur- 



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DOUBLE POULTRY HOUSE AND RUN 



The run may have canvas top and back or wood, as pre- 

 ferred. It should be removable, so houses may be used in sum- 

 mer for colony coops If desired. 



ing the mornings and evenings take other exercise. 

 At these times the feeds of grain may be given, 

 the mash feed at noon, except where hopper feed- 

 ing is the method practiced. About midday also 

 they should be given other green feed, unless they 

 are at range. 



As a general proposition, it may be said that 

 fowls do best when given plenty of space to forage 

 in. Since green feed is more or less cooling, it 

 may be given twice a day in the hottest weather. 

 At all times during the summer there should be 

 abundant pure water always where the hens can 

 reach it. Milk, as much as the hens will drink, is 



