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October, 19 13 



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get the hens through the feathering trans- 

 formation in early Summer in order that 

 they might begin laying again in the Fall 

 at the time of the annual shortage. The 

 leading feature of the plan was the with- 

 holding of food for some days, compelling 

 the birds to draw upon their surplus tis- 

 sue. The natural result was a prompt dis- 

 continuance of egg production, and the 

 shock to the system commonly brought on 

 the moult prematurely, quite according to 

 expectations. Also, the new feathers grew 

 in the process of time and early laying fol- 

 lowed. Nature's methods were not to be 

 meddled with successfully, however, for it 

 was found that either the hens moulted 

 again after a short period of laying or that 

 Ithey gave very poor accounts of them- 

 selves during the Winter. This seems to 

 have been the general experience, at least, 

 and little is heard about the plan now. If 

 the breeder has a dollar or two which he 

 wants to part with, he is at liberty to pur- 

 chase one of the advertised systems show- 

 ing (so it is claimed) how to make hens 

 moult early, but unless his money comes 

 unusually easy he is advised to keep it. 



At moulting time the fowls are in con- 

 dition to suffer more than usually from the 

 ravages of lice and mites, and it behooves 

 the poultry keeper to take extra pains in 

 getting rid of these pests so far as pos- 

 sible. The old time plan of spraying the 

 walls with kerosene and washing the roots 

 with the death-dealing fluid is not to be 

 discounted, but there is a much easier way, 

 for the amateur at least. There are coal 

 tar preparations on the market with which 

 the roosts may be painted and which will 

 certainly keep them free from vermin for 

 many weeks, if not for months. Their use 

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 poultry keeper and it is well to make an ap- 

 plication of one of these preparations at 

 this time. If the birds be also taken from 

 the perch some night, and fresh Persian in- 

 sect powder or a prepared lice powder be 

 thoroughly dusted into their feathers the 

 lice problem will be disposed of for a con- 

 siderable time. When painting the roosts 

 it is well to go over the nests, too, and any 

 parts of the walls where the red mites may 

 be found to cluster. These particular pests 

 depart from the birds in the morning to 

 hide in cracks and crevices or under the 

 roosts until the next night. 



It is most advisable to separate the males 

 from the rest of the flock at this season, 

 although they need the same care as the 

 hens. As a matter of fact it is usually a 

 mistake to have the males running with the 

 hens at all after the breeding season. It 

 is the best policy of the average amateur 

 to dispose of all his cock birds in the 

 Spring, anyway. The following statement 

 in a bulletin recently issued by the govern- 

 ment at Washington sufficiently explains 

 the reason : "The egg loss of the United 

 States amounting to $45,000,000 annually 

 would be cut one-half, if the male birds 

 were removed after the hatching season was 

 over. Fertile eggs are subject to rapid de- 

 terioration, due to the development of blood 

 rings and rots, which take place even if 

 eggs are given good care." 



This is another matter, to be sure, but 

 it is one well worth considering, in con- 

 nection with the fact that two or three 

 chanticleers welcoming the rising sun are 

 sufficient to set a whole neighborhood by 

 the ears. 



It should not be understood that hens 

 lay no eggs while they are changing their 

 coats. Some specimens lay more or less 

 freely throughout the moulting period, but 

 most hens shut off entirely when the moult 



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