Poultrvmen sell their -Moss Peat Poultry Litter manure 
mixture to gardeners, florists and nurserymen at a high price. 
(16) It does not injure the birds if eaten. Poultry ordinarily 
will not eat our Poultry Litter, but such particles as may stick 
to the feed have no injurious effect. 
Our Poultry Litter places the birds “close to nature.” 
Though confined in an artificial environment, the birds are pro 
vided with a close approach to natural conditions, where they can 
scratch, pack and wallow in a dean and sanitary bed closely 
resembling the floor of the forest. It means busy, healthy, hungry, 
singing hens— hens that lay, and therefore liens that pay. 
WHY YOU SHOULD PURCHASE MOSS PEAT 
BY BULK-NOT BY WEIGHT. 
All moss peat is not alike. It differs greatly in texture and 
quality, as also in composition and stages of decomposition. 
The excellence of our Poultry Litter as compared with 
other moss peat litters lies not only in the fact that it is put 
through a special drying and screening process—it is based on 
scientific principles. Many factors enter into the selection of the 
proper moss peat for our Poultry Litter ; age as well as decompo¬ 
sition is considered. 
It is dug from selected deposits of soft, spongy, slightly disin¬ 
tegrated moss peat that is light in weight—containing just enough 
of the moss fibre to be recognised—and having high test absorption 
properties for both moisture and ammonia. 
The economv of Moss Peat as a litter lies not only in its 
durability, absorbing and insulating properties, but also in its 
low specific gravity w'eight, which controls the spreading capacity 
per unit volume. 
In a test made against some ordinary peat litter against the 
same weight of our Moss Peat, the latter, when loosened out, 
measured 108 cubic inches, while the other treated exactly in the 
same wav only gave 533 cubic inches. This means a lot to the 
buyer, and our Poultry Litter is just such light-weight Moss 
Peat carefully selected and properly prepared. A bale of our Moss 
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Peat Litter gives maximum quantity at minimum cost. It has the 
greatest covering capacity in proportion to its weight, and it is light 
because it is dry, and because it is made of the right kind of 
moss peat. 
HOW TO USE IT. 
Break up fine and loose. Spread on the floor of the laying 
house three inches deep—deeper if less than four square feet of 
floor space per bird is provided, or in houses with floors that drink 
or seep moisture from the ground. 
Peed scratch grain in the litter, to stimulate exercise. 
Add enough fresh litter from time to time as the old litter 
gets thin, to keep it about three inches deep. 
Replace with fresh litter only when the old litter shows signs 
of getting dirty, is worked to a powder, or an odour is noticed. 
While straw litter may need to be replaced every four or six weeks, 
our litter need not be changed more than once or twice a year, 
year. 
Some PouTrymen use it as a base litter under straw. It will 
absorb the moisture from the droppings, control smell, and prevent 
the straw litter from matting. 
Spread a thin layer on the dropping boards. It makes them 
easy to clean and lessens the disagreeable smells which are 
characteristic of some poultry houses. When the litter on the 
dropping board becomes saturated, or a smell is noticed, renew' 
with litter from the scratch floor, replacing that removed with 
fresh litter. 
Spread one-half inch deep in the Brooder House. It is a fine 
protection for the young chicks. 
It is also ideal for use in coops, scratching pens, and other->y 
places where birds are kept confined. 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPENING BALES. 
Our Sanitary Poultry Litter is packed in bales under 
hydraulic pressure. To open, place bale on side, cut wire, remove 
sticks and end packing, when the litter can readily be spread out 
with a rake. Do not attempt to dig out of one end. 
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