ROUTINE WORK IN THE SPRING 153 
7 P.M.—Turn eggs in incubators, see all 
chickens get in houses, close and lock all 
houses. 
In addition to the routine work to be done 
every day would be the following to be done 
as needed: : 
Keep all hoppers filled with feed, clean all 
houses, kerosene and disinfect as needed, 
pack eggs, some for market, others for water- 
glass, make egg crates, test eggs, deliver eggs 
and chickens to market, get feed, take care 
of hatchy hens, pen off breeding hens, build 
fences, take care of new hatches, etc. Before 
the day is over the poultryman will find he 
has had a long, hard day’s work, ending with 
half an hour’s exasperating labor of closing 
in the chickens for the night. 
Spring is indeed a busy time and much of 
_ the work is very important, as on it depends 
the successful growth of the young chickens 
to be the next year’s stock. 
Every night I have before me a list of 
special things to be done the following day. 
On many days the list is unfinished at night. 
Most of this work, however, is in the open 
air. You have the pleasure of watching your 
flock growing and the hopes of success that 
all the work brings, so the time passes 
