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 Cleanliness in Accepting Orders. 



It is dirty work to accept more orders than can be promptly 

 filled; it is dirty work to sell eggs for hatching and promise de-' 

 livery for March or April and then pay no further attention to 

 the order, and ship the eggs as late as June and July at first-class 

 prices. 



Clccmliness in the Handling of Our Stock. 



And it is a surprise why more trouble does not come to the 

 person who seems to think that of all unnecessary things clean- 

 liness in the poultry yard is one of them. 



We have seen it in print lately where it was stated that the 

 houses were cleaned twice a year, but that the birds were out 

 of doors most of the time. I should not wonder a bit if they 

 were, anything in the way of a chance to breathe would be 

 healthier for a hen than this sort of an abode. 



We have always advocated cleanliness in houses and coops 

 and we prefer to have them cleaned every morning, for we can 

 see no reason why a hen should sleep over her own dung any 

 more than a cow should stand in it for several days at a time. If 

 the cow received the same treatment the average farmer's hens 

 get, there would be less milk from her than there are eggs from 

 hens thus treated. 



Cleanliness is a habit, and this habit should be indulged in 

 to its full extent. "Get the habit" and keep the building scrupu- 

 lously clean ; wipe the cobwebs from the window panes and let 

 the sun have free access ; clean, clean again, and keep cleaning 

 until things are as they ought to be, and then keep them clean. 



