ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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DISCUSSION. 



Q. What do you feed your hens? 



A. Wheat in the morning, green stuff at noon, and shelled stuff at 

 night before going to roost. This makes the hen work one-third of the; 

 time. 



Mr. Bone: In 1890 the American hen and her products were valued 

 at $290,000,000.00. 



Mr. Harris: Did this gentleman ever use kerosene to kill mites and' 

 lice on hens? 



A. I have used gallons and gsilons of kerosene. Kerosene has. 

 another use besides that. A verj little of that put into the drinking, 

 water it will spread over the entire surface and in case of slight colds. 

 I have found it a first-class remedy. It prevents the mucous from clos- 

 ing the nostrils and in that way stopping the air passages. It is also' 

 good for scaly leg, one of thewoist things. A little kerosene oil added, 

 to perhaps three or four times its bulk of sweet oil or lard and rubbed 

 on the leg at intervals of two weeks in two applications, it will entirely 

 come off. The trouble is caused by parasites. 



Mr. Johnson: Did you say it required 100 square feet for one hen?" 



A. Ten square feet. 



A. I was going to say — my wife runs the chickens — and she might 

 w^ant me to buy one or two more houses if she heard that. 



A. There is no danger in getting too much room, but ten square feet- 

 is about the run. 



Mr. Coolidge: Is a board floor better than ground floor? 



A. I like it better for use during the winter. I can clean off the 

 surface of the ground. It takes IS pounds to renew the floors in my 

 chicken house, and I find with boards it absorbs more or less of the 

 filth and it is practically impossible to keep them clean. Another thing, 

 the sand or gravel floor gives the chickens an elegant place to work. 



Q. You prefer ground floor "^ 



A, Yes sir, I do for that reason. 



