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litter so that the birds will be kept industri- 

 ously scratching for what they eat in order 

 to secure needed exercise. Not less than 

 four square feet of floor space should be 

 allowed for each hen and five is better. 

 One fault to be found with some of the 

 portable house makers is that they advertise 

 their houses to accommodate more hens 

 than really ought to be confined in them. 



When chickens of different sizes and 

 ages are allowed to run together, the larger 

 birds are likely to crowd the weaker stock 

 away from the feeding dishes. They may 

 easily be outwitted by placing feed dishes 

 for the younger chicks in an old berry 

 crate or a box similarly fashioned. The 

 smaller chicks will be able to pass through 

 the bars while the larger ones will be ex- 

 cluded. If the slats are not sufficiently far 

 apart, a few lathes may be tacked across 

 them in the opposite direction. 



Many poultry keepers like to use V- 

 shaped troughs with a handle running from 

 end to end, but are bothered by having the 

 chickens roost on this handle. This dif- 

 ficulty is quickly remedied by putting the 

 handle on a pivot in the form of a nail in 

 each end, the nails working freely in holes 

 in the ends of the trough. When a bird 

 tries to roost on the handle, the latter 

 simply revolves and dumps her off. 



One great secret of getting eggs is to 

 keep the hens contented and happy. Table 

 scraps run through a meat cutter or soaked 

 up in meat liquor given at noon will go 

 far to keep them in a contented state of 

 mind. They love variety in food and espe- 

 cially whatever is a departure from the 

 regular menu of the poultry yard. The 

 feeding of a few sunflower seeds, hemp 

 seed, a little barley, Kaffir corn and millet 

 helps to stimulate the appetite and gives a 

 new zest to life, judging by the enthusiastic 

 manner in which the birds scratch for them. 

 It is not necessary, of course, to feed all 

 these things. I am only making the point 

 that an appeal to the appetite of the hen 

 through the medium of variety is one of 

 the easiest to induce and maintain a liberal 

 production of eggs. 



It is a saving of both time and labor to 

 have all the doors in the poultry house wide 

 enough so that they will admit the passage 

 of a wheelbarrow. Then the cleaning of 

 the houses is wonderfully simplified. If 

 the house now in use has narrow doors, it 

 will be worth while perhaps to buy a small- 

 sized barrow. It is a distinct advantage to 

 have the doors between pens swing both 

 ways or else to have a little projection at 

 the bottoms so that they may be opened 

 with the foot. 



RUBBER PLANT OIL FOR JAP- 

 ANESE UMBRELLAS 

 THE vegetable oil used in making paper 

 umbrellas in Japan is pressed out of the 

 seeds of the rubber plant. This oil is made 

 in the various islands famous for oil and 

 seeds from these plants. Sandy ground is 

 favored for the cultivation of the plant and 

 the oil is extracted from the seeds by 

 presses. The yield of seeds is estimated at 

 twenty bushels per acre. The annual pro- 

 duction throughout Japan amounts to 

 350,000 bushels, from which over a gallon 

 of oil per bushel is extracted. The oil be- 

 fore it is used is boiled and then cooled 

 until it can be applied by hand to umbrellas 

 with a piece of cloth or waste. No ma- 

 chinery or tools are used in applying the 

 oil. When the oiling is completed the um- 

 brellas are exposed in the sun for about 

 five hours. This oil is also used in making 

 the Japanese lanterns, artificial leather, 

 printing ink, lacquer, varnishes, etc. 



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