POULTRY RAISING 67 



A poor memery is a poor thing for a poultry man 

 and will put you out of business. By all means put 

 your memory in your business. Nothing can be neg- 

 lected or forgotten, if you wish certain success. 



Trap and poison all rats during the Fall and 

 early Winter, for you cannot raise the two on the 

 same plant. "Common Sense Rat Exterminator" is 

 the best rat poison I have ever used, and if you cannot 

 get it of your dealer, write H. H. Cannon, Irvington- 

 on-Hudson, N. Y., who carries it in stock. 



Hopper feed, only wheat feed, such as screenings, 

 or screening feed, I have mentioned. Do not hopper 

 feed corn of any kind, or whole wheat, and then won- 

 der why you are not getting results. 



Remember, you cannot get a hen laying in a day 

 or two. It takes from two to five weeks, depending 

 on the condition of the hen and the time of the year. 

 So, for big results, do not neglect your hen and let 

 her stop laying. 



Do not neglect your houses and let them get full 

 of mites and lice. Go over your roosts at least once a 

 month during Summer, with kerosene and carbolic 

 acid, half and half — or a good lice exterminator. Also 

 clean droppings from board floors once a week sure, 

 at all times of the year, for lice multiply very rapidly 

 in droppings in the Summer time on board floors. On 

 the ground, it is different. 



