The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-16
7 Things That Bring Quick Profits

Tho roosts should be large round ones,
hung from tho ceiling by wire. raised hish
IN the winter and lowered 10 near thc moor
In summer for warmth and coolness- Inc
nests should bo small neat boxes hung on
nails or spikes along the smooth wall in
secluded or darSsomo part Of the house tht
roosts should be hung nearly level. but not
quite: coming back each roost should
be Just little higher thnn the ono preceding
H. for good reasons The roosts should ba
often taken out and cleaned with kcroa enc
or mrpyntine. the nests taken down Hc-
uucntIy. thoroughly busted and replaced
with n little sulphur and sl7ked limo la 'ho
fresh hay or straw put in them.
A dust box three OF four feet square slN
or eight inches high and kept allied wih
summer saved dust and gravel SIS au al-im-
portant thing And " 0 little sulphur ana
slnkcd lime can bc sprlnkled In tho dust it
viii provo a mighty disc1ungng thing for
oil kinds OF vermin This box should be- f"t
where the sun can shine into So. or hen 'il
rot set into II any quckor than YOU would
Too much glnss cannot bc put into the
south side OF a hen house. 81 81 can 6c cur
timed during tho cold winter nights. ] know
glass let in lots OF sunshine and warmth. but
] was surprised 10 find out ono cold winter
night that II WAS just good conductor OF
Geld as OF heat, and that " i curtaincd or
shut OF the windows by night II added great
is 10 the comfort OF tho fowls. III YOU arc
over I'm "A hen house on a cold winter night
G hope 1t win bc your OWN just notice this;
curtain OF old carpctinG or heavy Gunny
eacking 10 drop over tho windows cold win
ter nights means much in comfort and eggs.
The best ventilation We have ever known
for a hon house is one or more openings
foot or SO wide and perhaps as long again.
over which strong gunny sacklnE has been
drawn closely II stops all drafts but per-
slzs. q. .Nr ono =
tho best poultry men In my state has tho
entire front OF one OF his hen houses made
with strong ducklng drawn tightly on both
sides OF the studding In place OF tho usual
shcetng and siding up. The house though
crowded was sweet, dry and comfortable
a house could possibly be. and not comb
was frosted. although 1t was 80 below during
tho experiment
/ have found no better cgg ration than
wheat and oats in tho bundle for forenoon
and principal feed, with corn late In the
afternoon. a good. warm. we'll seasoned mash
OF some kind on cold mornings three or four
times week Is greatly rclishcd, particularly
IL mixed up In milk. The grain should be
Kept In the bundle and be fully three -fourths
wheat. a little millct is excellent. fed In the
straw. ! save much labor and other expense
By feeding hens. sheep and other stock thcr
grain in the bundle Early cut corn and oats
fed this way TO stock give most satisfactory
results with mo
a stccply slanung floor in n hen house
can be kcp; dry and clean much easier than
a Ioyel one. Feed them bywdls gr9in on -ule
upper end, and straw and, everything else
viii be scratched 70 the lowcr end, where
therc should be small door 70 throw Il out
OF The hens viii sometimes scratch II out
themselves, II good live ones. \ floor twenty
feet long should be At least eighteen inches
higher at one end than tho other. Earth.
gravel or cndcrs make a much better floor
than boards FOR a number OF reasons.
with these surroundings and the birds
and feed described. with plenty OF fresh
water and green food and q little fresh meat
now and then. It is not dlmcult thing TO
get both pleasure and profit from a large
flock OF poultry. Clean quarters. with ample
range in summer and as nearly as possible
summer conditions In the winter time. are
what insure success.