ii AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
June, 1912 
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Rabbits, etc., for stocking preserves. Good 
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Proprietors of Pennsylvania 
Pheasantry and Game Park 
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Beautiful, nonsetting, persistent layers of large eggs. $1.00 
for 15 eggs. 
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sq. ft. floor space, use 1 dozen, $6.00. Send now. 
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When the chickens are confined to a per- 
manent yard, every care must be taken 
to keep the ground from becoming badly 
fouled. If the yard is small it cannot be 
grassed and purified in that way, and so 
must be spaded over frequently. Often- 
times a handplow or wheelplow may be 
used to good advantage in such a yard; it 
is a very easy and simple matter to turn 
over the earth once a week with such a 
tool. The birds ought to be excluded from 
the yard in the Fall, if possible, and a sow- 
ing of rye made. The rye will make good 
green fodder for the pullets and older hens 
in winter, and will serve to renovate the 
soil. Much of the trouble on small poul- 
try plants which have been established sev- 
eral years comes from tainted ground. 
When the pullets are confined to a per- 
manent yard, the question of green rations 
must be considered. Almost anything 
which is green and succulent will do, its 
principal object being to provide an ap- 
petizer and perhaps certain salts which are 
needed in the body. If the flock is small, 
there may be enough greens from the gar- 
den—hbits of lettuce, spinach and the like. 
Perhaps the clippings from the lawn will 
suffice—they are easily secured by attach- 
ing a grass catcher to the lawnmower. If 
there should be a surplus of these lawn clip- 
pings, they may be dried in the sun and 
stored for use the following winter. Swiss 
chard is excellent for growing pullets and 
may be raised very easily, throughout the 
Summer, and even after cold weather 
comes, if a coldframe is placed over the 
plants. Only the top is removed and as it 
quickly grows again, a few plants will pro- 
vide a constant supply of green stuff. If 
a small piece of ground is available, rape 
may be grown. Sowed early in May, it 
will be ready for feeding in July and yields 
bountifully. The chickens like it and thrive 
Om it, 
Some amateur poultrymen have found a 
simple way to economize labor and time. 
They grow a patch of grass or a few rows 
of chard in the henyard and cover it with 
one inch poultry wire fastened to a board 
set on edge at each side of the growing 
crop. These boards should be high enough 
so that when well started the top of the 
grass or chard will reach the wire. The 
chickens will eat off all they can reach, but 
new growth will quickly produce a fresh 
supply. If kept well watered, such a bed 
will yield a green ration all summer. 
The pullets and cockerels ought to be sep- 
arated as soon as the latter attempt crowing 
or exhibit masculine characteristics. The 
pullets will thrive much better with the 
male birds removed from the flock, and the 
cockerels themselves will grow faster and 
put on flesh more rapidly. Of course, they 
are to be fattened and sold as soon as feas- 
ible. Unless fancy stock is being grown, 
only a few males should be retained. The 
pullets will lay better probably if there are 
no roosters in the pens and the eggs certain- 
ly will keep longer. Much of the annoy- 
ance to which non-poultry keeping neigh- 
bors in thickly settled communities object 
would be eliminated if roosters were dis- 
pensed with. In any, case, only those 
needed for breeding purposes should be 
carried over, unless, indeed, they are want- 
ed to provide meat in the course of the 
Winter. 
When the pullets are confined to perma- 
nent yards, shelter from the sun will be 
needed. This may be provided by grow- 
ing vines over the fences or by planting sun 
flowers along them. Or pieces of canvas 
or burlap may be used to break the sun’s 
rays. Low houses are hot and it is a good 
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LIFE’S WORTH LIVING UP HERE 
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Room 206, Agricultural Bank Building 
$20 an Acre—800 Acres 
The greatest farm bargain in New York, 50 miles from Rochester. 
0 acres in cultivation, 250 in timber, balance pasture, large 
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Terms ¥% cash, balance to suit. 
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