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need it we mow the barley in the remainder of the yard 

 — it will grow up again very fast at that time of the 

 year. 



In moving the pullets care must be exercised or some 

 will be injured. They are nervous and flighty when their 

 regular routine is interrupted and when they are shut in 

 the house and some are being picked up and put into 

 crates the others are liable to pile up in the corners, some 

 being smothered. The best plan is to let a large part of 

 the flock pass outdoors, keeping one or two hundred in- 

 side. A panel of wire, 2 feet high and 5 feet long, cov- 

 ered with burlap and set diagonally in one corner of the 

 house, makes a good catching place. A few can be driven 

 into it at a time. Meantime we keep an eye out for a 

 possible piling-up of the others — if they are crowding into 

 the other corners we stir them up before going to work 

 on the lot behind the panel. 



Never crowd the youngsters in the crates when mov- 

 ing them. A little more time spent at it is a good invest- 

 ment. We always put them directly into the house rather 

 than in the yard. It saves a lot of time, work and worry 

 in the evening; they are determined to get back to their 

 old roosting quarters. This is obviated if they are carried 

 directly into the new house and are kept indoors at least 

 until the next day. 



We put the whole lot from a brooder house into a fifty- 

 foot compartment of the laying house — usually six or 

 seven hundred. A special set ol roosts is put mto place 

 under the dropping boards. These roosts are made of 

 ^x2 stuff, set 6 inches apart on cross bars of 1x3, 5 feet 

 long. They are hinged to the back wall about 12 inches 



