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4, Witar Kryp or Housz wounp vou Maku ?—I think that some kind of 
movable house is very important. J am using several kinds made of iron, but 
all were expensive. Lately I designed one, which ean be made any length, but 
4 feet 6 inches long is enough for 6 fowls, and [ find small flocks lay better than. 
larger lots. Two houses 4:feet 6 inches by 2 feet 6 inches by about 3 feet high, 
would be a good start. It is a good plan to have a pen with green feed to puta 
fowl in directly she refuses her food, as a day without water and plenty of 
growing feed will very often bring her round. 
5. Stourp I Buy Eaas or Brros ?—Kithe ', according to circumstances.. 
But practise on chicks from your own fowls first. Tt is a ereat mistake for a. 
beginner to buy either expensive eves or expensive birds. It is not satisfactory: 
to anyone. 
[We particularly advise great caution in 
introduced at the same time. Examine the birds carefully, especially under the- 
wings, and beware of the coops. The f t 
c owls may be clean, but the coops or 
boxes may have the pest hidden, for the bugs leave the birds by day and hide.— 
Ed. Q.4./.] 
introducing birds lest tick be- 
6. WieN wocnd vou Harow Cirtcxs —I think th 
ground is dry and care be taken, we may hatch 
November, or even in April, if we can get e 
August to October are the best months for 
at in this climate, if the- 
wl the time from May to 
gos from early moulted birds. From. 
beginners. 
f kerS fect Were Netting 
f [Povble met 
for Grean Food 
een be Eee CS 
Fig. 2, ‘‘ How To MAKE THE Door or a Pourtry Pen,” shows the construction of the door- 
of a hurdle, and explains itself. The wood is about 4 inshes by 4 inch thick. $.1. and S.2 show 
the method of making the spring, For a very strong spring, the wire should be bent as in 8.1. 
and when being put on, one end is first fastened, and the other is then twisted around as shown. 
If the spring is not required to be so strong, the two ends are bent at right angles—i.¢,, bend one 
end and lay the wire flat on the table, then bend the otker end so that it stands straight up from, . 
or at right angles to, the table. These springs can be made either ri 
ght or left handed. H.1, and 
H.2. represent the hinge. H.1. is an ordinary G.I. staple. H.2 tata 3 
J ; -2. is a piece of wire bent fas- 
shown. The drawing shows how they are put in. 
7. (a) How Snounp I rrp Crrcxs ?—This is the most interesting part 
of poultry-growing, and requires forethought and careful observation. I use- 
ground wheat mixed with cooked meat run through sausage machine, or cut 
very fine, very young grass cut up with scissors, breadcrumbs, and hard boiled 
eggs; but eggs at 1d. each are too dear for a quantity of chicks, and can be 
omitted. Scraps from table, bits of boiled potato, gravy, &c., mixed with pollard 
or ground wheat, are good; but chickens’ food should run out of your hand. 
like sand, damp, but not soft and sticky. Stable manure with plenty of maggots: 
is good, and by heaping it occasionally while there are live stock in it, gives. 
them exercise as well as food. Ineubator chicks put with hens to my mind is. 
w backward step in poultry-erowing. Feed chicks every 2 hours, or if they 
have a good grass run anda box for their food, every 8 hours would do. No 
artificial heat is required in South Australia, books and brooder-makers notwith- 
standing. I have no difficulty when there are over 8 chicks, and I contend’ 
that chickens which require drageing up are not worth the trouble, and stock 
birds are sometimes the cause. Always set 2 hens at the same time to ensure a. 
good brood for rearing without hen. 
