SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE 
the winter and in a shady place in the 
summer. 
Don’t allow strangers nor strange dogs 
among them. 
Give them well-balanced rations. 
Hens in the Mediterranean class will 
usually balance their own grain rations 
if they have access to a variety of it. — 
Their combs should not chill. 
Keep plenty of grit, oyster-shells and 
fresh water before them all of the time. 
Oyster-shells should not take the place 
of grit. 
Grit should not take the place of 
oyster-shells. 
Don’t doctor them; they should be 
healthy without it. 
Increase their resisting powers by 
proper breeding instead of weakening 
them with medicine. 
Get rid of a flock of hens that can not 
be kept healthy under sanitary conditions 
without medicine. 
Weak, sickly birds should be killed and 
burned as soon as discovered. 
Watch their combs, and if any of them 
are pale and sickly looking, hunt for the 
cause; it is usually mites, 
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