The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-10-06
Agriculture.
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This ~ the tine Of The yest Tor The amt
81 house elsauipg. snd vofd npos the
sutleei ell be nDsly. TIE poahry
houses should have thorough ciesritg
cot. cleaning up and vhites.shins, be
Tore The pplIts are bfoashi 10 iton their
free rsage 10 toe aelds. the pe1s ~ The
houses being made AZ clear, sseet aud
fresh o. thonsh they wese uew, We
sometimes here II said thai poultry will
always do cell 10 oew hoase Tue rea
son for that. is. ths, the house lie clean
from poisonous odors and Is no. repui
awe to the sclse OF clesnliotss Of the
birds ttorousb b use cleaning before
brinsius 10 The pallets practically rsneSs
the house.
EvsrJ,biss ia the peus q poultry
houses should be moVeshle Move OIL
tbs roosls. f,ost platforms, uest boxes,
Iced ,foushs; sweep down the dusl and
cobsebs from ROOT aud walls, then SO ain
with . Sheelbsrro~ and shovel ont thee
or four inches OF The tntface ssnd or gray
Of 10 the pens The door Of our pens is
san ), aud We clean out rs much Of the
. irisce IS seems TO be iouled Then go
Ia with bucket OF xhitewssh aud brush,
thoroughly whitewsshing every bit OF the
root. Partition walls. roost platforms. nest
boxes etc and "tl1sh' Il the whiiewssh
freely, 50 that 1t shall penetrate every
crack and eresice Of The bonse
No matter II some OF it does drop on the
floor; whitewssh is clean and wont hurt
anything. Tie neat step ID to get 10
about two carloads OF fresh sand, that is,
put in Just al ont ss much as you take out
OF fresh clean sand. from a sand bank
We used to buy fine gravel Tor this par
pose. bnl have come to believe that sand
is better; O rIslnly the fowls seem TO like
ii better, snd with foe white saud in the
pens they do not need special dust bath,
as they dust (or wallov in the sand.
The roost pole is the only article in the
pen you should not whitewssh. That is
10 be taken ont, thoroughly scslded, and
81 or it is dry. drench it from one end to
the other. top, bottom and all round with |
kerosene, and the roost supports or slots
10 which the roosi pole rests. also drench !
with the kerosene oil II this Is thorough |
ly done there will be no danger OF red
mites, which almost always hibernate in
and about the roost supports, coming
forth ct night TO prey upon their iDpocen.
victims,
II this annual house cleaning is thor
oughly done, and the droppings are clean
cd up from the roost platforms every Other
day in summer and every day Except
Sunday 10 the winter. the roost platforms
being sprinkled with land plaster or dry
loan after each clearing, the poultry
house will be free from the foul odols
which are 80 offensive to men and fowl
A rightly conducted poultry house
should always be free from 'slnells" as 3
we'll kept kitchen. II housewife did
not wash the table and kitchen dish, 8
more than once month, Whist an sccumu
alton OF filth and "smells" there would
be-. BY careful washing aud drying the
fishes after each meal, washing up the
Kitchen table every day, aud the kitchen
ioor certainly once q week. everything is
Lept clean and sweet. aud the task is com
easy. Just go with the poultry
lroppings and the house cleaning. The
lroppipgs are the key to the situation
1 they are properly taken care OF, land
he problem is elm pie II the right sppli !
noes ore used and We go about IL right,) {
he problem OF cleanliness is solved Of !
nee; in fact. that is problom Of cleapli i
ess is solved at once; 10 fact, that is the :
roblem OF cleanliness I
The nest boxes on many poultry farms
re left filthy and obnoxious. which is g
rest mistake. Use simple nests boxes
lade OF common old fashioned soap boxes,
r something OF thpt kind. which are easi
taken out, cleaned and whiiewasbed,
weep ont and brush ont all the corners; "
slosh" on the whitewssh inside and out
nd set them 10 the the Gun to dry. then =
fill them with fresh sweet hay, put
nina nest egg 10 each box aud the nest is
,ady for lis use again. These nest boxes
,ould be empted aud refiIled once IN
70 months oiteper II the nest gets foul 4
I'd dirty; but ordinsrily once 10 two
oDths will do very we'll.
The whole probl, N Of cleanliness is
,yv aim MIA II ona has thu will In do