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POULTRY APPLIANCES AND HANDICRAFT 



bath box three by six feet is a good size. An old sink 

 makes a fairly good receptacle. Fill with dust, ashes 

 and a little sulphur, all perfectly dry, and the fowls 

 will use all winter. The space above the dust bin can 

 also be used as a scratching place or as a shelf for 

 nests, by putting in a kind of platform. Thus we 

 have three stories in use; earth floor, dust bath and 





FIG 102 : OUTSIDE DUST BATH 



FIG 103 : FOR DUSTING FOWLS 



l)latform flour. An outdoor ihist bath is shown in 

 higure 102. 



To (lust chickens by wholesale with any kind of 

 in.sect i)tj\v(ler, fix a small bo.x with sliding cover, to 

 revolve, as indicated in Figure 103. I'ut three or 

 more chicks in the box, with a spoonful of powder, 

 close the slide and revolve slowly and carefully three 



