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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
77 
of the heavier breed can not fly high, and 
those of the lighter breeds frequently 
injure the soles of their feet in jumping 
from high perches. Roosts should be 
made all the same height; for if they are 
made some higher than others the birds 
will all flock to the highest ones and 
crowd, which is undesirable. 
When dropping boards are used they 
should be low down, to permit of easy 
cleaning. They should be made of 
matched lumber and be 20 inches wide 
for one perch and 3 feet wide for two 
perches, the first perch placed at least 10 
inches from the wall. A good roost may 
be made from material 2 by 2 inches, then 
slightly rounded on the edges. 
According to Dryden and Lunn, 
poultry keeping is most successful where 
A colony house showing the arrangement of 
trap nests recommended by the experi¬ 
ment station 
the colony system prevails. The colony 
system means the housing of fowls in 
small houses, preferably portable, where 
the fowls have free range. The chief 
advantage is that the fowls are more 
active or busier than when confined in 
yards; second, there is less danger from 
outbreaks of disease, as it is possible to 
keep the houses on clean ground bv 
moving them occasionally; and third, the 
fowls require less feeding and care, as 
they pick up considerable food on the 
range. Another advantage of this system 
is that the fowls will rid the farm of many 
injurious insects, such as grasshoppers. 
Then, too, the colony system will fit in 
with crop rotations and for part of the 
year the fowls will live on the stubble 
fields. 
.1 Poultry Notes 
\X 7 HEN fowls are lazy in the matter of 
’ Y laying, yet seem otherwise well, an 
excellent tonic is Epsom Salts. Mix the 
salts through the mash, in the proportion 
of one tablespoonful to every twelve hens, 
and feed three mornings in succession; 
skip three mornings, then feed again until 
at least three courses of the tonic have 
been taken. You will find an improvement 
almost at once, and eggs will soon be plen¬ 
tiful. 
A WARM weather brooder for mother- 
less chicks may be made at home 
from a drygoods box. The box may be 
any size desired, but the depth should be 
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