ROUTINE WORK 61 



in morning; shut brooder house doors. Ten 

 p. M. make up incubator and brooder fires 

 for the night. 



JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 



In addition to attending to the hens as 

 usual; attend to the brooder house (during 

 June) as mentioned above ; open colony house 

 doors; attend to pullets; water; feed grain, 

 mash, etc. 



In August completely clean out all litter 

 from laying houses, tar or creosote the floor, 

 dropping boards, perches, and nests; put in 

 dry sand or peat moss dust, and six inches of 

 straw; then move in puUets, as the hens 

 cease to lay, and a:re sent to market. 



