The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-18
WOMEN OF THE NORTHWEST
ENTERTAINED AT THE A. c
Splendid Programme Carried 0u This AternOon-Ladie;
Received Royal Welcome This Afternoon and Were
Shown About the Grounds and Ceres Hall

in general swept down all dust and
cobwebs, cleaned the windows and
then made a solution of kerosene. car
oolic acid and corrosive sublimate and
with whitewash brush I went over
the roost, in all the cracks and
crevices Of the hen house and
in all the nest boxes / scalded all
the feeding troughs and fixed up the
fence and got everything in readiness
as knew this meant my years profits.
Shut Chickens Up.
Now as everything was ready shut
up my chickens and at the end OF a.
week they were laying unusually well
and noticed 1 had three broody
hens. gave them home china eggs
to set on while I had Mr. Randlett
fix me three boxes for them to set in.
had him put wire over a little over
half of the front of the box and the
rest he fixed for a door to slide up
and down and it will be seen / had
place for old biddy away from the
annoyance of cats, rats or dogs. I
went over these with the same solu-
ton as / did the hen house, placed
in some nice clean straw and had
sure old biddy meant business. When
L was sure she was ready placed
$50 eggs in the incubator and twenty
four hours later after busting the old
biddies good with lice powder I
placed them on thirteen eggs each
and how comfortable they did look.
1 put two of them in the hen house
and one outside. We had a heavy
snow storm and poor biddy's coop
was nearly covered with snow. / COW
cred her up with a shawl at night and
next morning the shawl was covered
with snow but biddyswas nice and warm.
Each ;Gikf dsringsNgie :three weeks these
hens were taken off their nests and fed
and watered and given chance to-
dust themselves and watched that they
went to their proper places / did not
forget to powder them once or twice
during the three weeks so you see
how comfortable they were. During
this time I had Mr.. Randlett make
me three coops and yards such as
you see here this being just half the
size of the coops and yards / used.
The yard Is 3x4x11a feet. The frame
is of 2x2's covered with inch mesh
NOCA Va NiiS ydEu YOU see
is opposite the door in the coop. The
coop is 2x3x2 feet with gable roof, COW
cred with 4 inch lapsiding. The floor
is Of ordinary rough lumber and the
coop is fastened to this with hooks.
This makes it very easy to clean as.
you see you can take hold of the
handles, one on either side, and lift
the coop and clean the floor, putting
In clean chaff and sand and place
the coop back and fasten properly.
During the day the door OF the coop
is left down making a nice run way
for the little chicks and at night fast
ened UP to prevent anything getting
at the chicks and keeping the cold
wind from blowing in on them While
Mr.. Randlett was building these coops
the neighbors would happen round and
they would tell me what a mistake
was making for the chicks would not
have enough exercise but as / was
quite decided on what WANTED we
went right on and before summer was
over these same neighbors had changed
their minds as had splendid success
as you will see when go on a little
farther.
AT the end of three weeks the little
families began to arrive and I found
had 106 little fluffy balls to care for.
The hen that had been outside came
off first and bringing the most chicks.