230 USEFUL HINTS 



use oats and wheat. If the table scraps do not con- 

 tain sufficient meats, add some dry beef scraps, or 

 feed fresh meat. 



Give your poultry a home of their own and don't 

 permit them to roost on trees, in the cow barn, im- 

 plement house, or other out-buildings. Build them 

 a good comfortable house for their own use, and 

 build it large enough for all. Do not keep more 

 stock than your poultry house or houses will hold. 

 Either build more houses or dispose of some of the 

 stock. This holds good in summer as well as winter. 



A very common mistake made is to pack hatch- 

 ing eggs carelessly. Even though the buyer is a 

 beginner he will note the condition of the pack- 

 age when received by express or parcel post. If 

 the eggs have been packed poorly, and though they 

 have arrived safely he will not take a chance to give 

 you a future order. Good egg shipping parcels are 

 cheap, and should be used by everyone making a 

 business of selling hatching eggs. 



For a persistent cough try the following: Pur- 

 chase from your druggist some tablets of arsenite 

 of antimony i-i,ooo of a grain drug strength each. 

 Give each sick fowl one tablet three times each day 

 until relieved. If many fowls are affected put in 



