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and corners. Be sure and have the windbws low enough so 

 that the birds can have a sun bath. 



Save some of the common road dust in summer for the 

 •dust bath for it will tend to keep the birds free from lice. 

 Last, but not least, keep everything clean. Clean out the 

 houses as frequently as possible. Keep the water dish 

 washed and scald it once in a while. Dust the birds oc- 

 •casionally with a good lice powder, for an ounce of preven- 

 tive is worth a pound of cure. 



Good Houses, Adequate Ventilation, Good Food and Enough 



of it, Make Healthy, Profitable Fowls. 



By F. H. Williams. 



Having been asked to explain in detail my method of 

 housing, caring for and feeding my Cornish and White 

 Indians for winter eggs, I ^^'ill describe one of the houses 

 first. In size it is 24 x 12, eight feet high in front, and 

 six in the rear. This house is built on a solid cement 

 "foundation, raised one foot above the ground, has a smooth 

 •cement floor making it absolutely rat proof. The walls 

 are made of rough boards, tar paper and drop siding out- 

 side of 2 X 4 uprights; on the inside it is lined with tar 

 paper and sealed with matched lumber, leaving a four- 

 inch dead air space between the walls. This makes the 

 building absolutely wind proof and free from drafts. 



The front has four large windows six feet apart made 

 of two sashes of six lights each, the lower sash being fitted 

 so it can be raised or lowered. Above each window is an 

 air space eight inches high and the width of the window, 

 <;overed with white muslin. These are open both night 

 and day. Covering the lower sash of each window is 

 another piece of muslin securely tacked to the sash frarne 

 except one corner which can be folded back. During 

 the day, the lower sash is raised, the corner of muslin pulled 

 up and pinned and I have a muslin front house. The 

 •fowls go in and out through the window, over the sill, except 

 on stormy or extra cold days, when the muslin is not raised, 

 although the window is. At night the windows are closed 



