HANDLING BIRDS ON RANGE 139 



of sufficient height to give very considerable shelter 

 to the large flocks on the Range, and with the Colony 

 Houses just off the ground, the improvised shelters 

 were practically abandoned by the birds, and so they 

 have been removed. 



Plenty of Shade 



With the yearly scattering of the increased amount 

 of litter as the Farm enlarged, the growth on the 

 Range is becoming more and more luxuriant, and 

 now the entire Range has a succession of changing 

 Flora from month to month, and with some varieties, 

 almost from week to week. There is a considerable 

 growth of Timothy and Clover, and many other 

 varieties of the grass family, which produce a varied 

 diet of succulent food, and of course the constant 

 change in Flora also supplies a varied diet of seeds 

 which the birds harvest for themselves. Any oats 

 and wheat which have been missed in the litter from 

 the Laying Houses sprout here, and the birds also 

 harvest this crop for themselves. The condition of 

 the Range under this metjiod of handling, as we view 

 it, is absolutely ideal for the growing youngsters. 



Fresh water is supplied daily to the Houses, and the 

 grain ration consists of two-thirds wheat, and one- 

 third cracked corn. The amount of grain fed to each 

 Colony House depends upon the cleaning up of it by 

 the tenants of this particular House. The mash box 

 is filled daily with what is now known as the Corning 



