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POULTRY APPr.IANCES AND HANDICRAFT 



Protection from Hawks — Where hawks abound, 

 young chicks must l)e closely guarderl. If shut up 

 closely in pens, growth will he greatl}' retarded. A 

 good plan under such circumstances is shown in the 

 accompanying cut. Plow two furrows parallel to each 

 other and just far enough apart so that the distance 

 from the outside of each shall be just six feet. Make 

 the furrows one hundred and fifty feet long. Stretch 

 a roll of six-foot wire netting along the furrows, 

 fastening the edges down with loose stones. This 



FIG 95 : .SETTING A HAWK TRAP 



gives a long run on both grass ground and plowed 

 land for the chicks, and hawks cannot molest them. 

 The coop can be set at one end, the other end being 

 stopped with sod. The plan is shown in I^"igure 93. 



In Little Compton, Rhode Island, which town 

 produces annually from thirty thousand to forty thou- 

 sand chicks, a bounty of twenty-five cents per head is 

 paid for hen and chicken hawks. The same sum is 

 paid for crows per head, they being nearh' as inimical 



