Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14
AdUlce
From
the
Poultry
Doctor

s Il 4. ana 5.1 sa0P X Doctor
you have not AL
ready removed the windows from the
poultry hO4lse do so at once rake
them out. thoroughly clean them ana
store away. until needed. In some place
where they can not be damaged. Give
the fowls the comfort Of an open 'front.'
house with an abundance Of fresh air
and freedom from the sitting heat OF
closed sleeping quarters IN summer.
or better stil, il YOU have an orchard
or other convenient trees, clean and
close your poultry house and drive your
chickens to the trees, first putting up
long poles for them to walk upon into
trees In this natural roost you have
no lice and mites 10 fight which les
sens the summers work quite good
deal
Cbean UP the poultry house. The
poul1ry houses should be thoroughly
renovated Sweep the dust and cob
webs from the ceiling and walls inside
of the house scrape the dropping
boards clean and give them and the
roosts & good coat Of kerosene or
iiauid lice killer Clean out the nests
and burn the old nesting material
Whffewash nests inside and out ana
dry them IN the sun. Thorough spray
ing OF the whole interior Of the house
with thin whitewash applied with a
compressed air sprayer will sweeten
earth. remove the top six or eight
inches aDd replace with fresh, new
sandy soil If floors are wood or ce-
ment,, scraps and sweep clean and then
wash with a strong creolin solution
Allow 20 dry thoroughly then cover
with q few inches OF sand over which
straw litter may be used II desired.
When you have the house clean, keep
II dean
In warm locations Il IS well 10 have
q slide OF opening in the north side OF
the poultry house TO cool off the build
ing In extremely hot weather The or
dinax1ly closed type Of poultry house
with small bare runs, and no shade,
makes mighty uncomfortable quarters
for fowls in hot weather. Many losses
among adult fowls In the summer sea-
son are the direct result Of carelessness
In this matter OF providing comfortable
quarters. Shade is important Shade
Is essential 20 comfort and health quite
as much as is sunshine. sunshine,
combined with fresh air, is one Of the
best germ destruyers and preventives
OF disease that we have 1t Is cheap
and effective, and for that reason It II
often overlooked for other agents which
are more expensive and less desirable,
II u.s. however. possible under some con
ditions to have too much of a good
thing And abundant sunshine, with
out shade for use when needed, may
cause trouble in hot weather Fowls
are often overcome by heat and when
kept in bare. unshaded runs, not infre-
quently suffer from sunstroke. The
remedy is obvious Provide an album
dance OF shade for use when desired by
the birds When the runs are small
and bare they should be scraped and
swept frequently to remove sCCumu-
lated droppings. All runs should be
spaded up often and seeded down to
oats rye or corn. Corn grown in the
runs I'm hot weather makes rapid
growth and furnishes not only fresh
green food, but shade as we'll # It IL
permitted TO grow, besides purifying
the soil. Keep the runs clean and the
soil well stirred. Whore It is not prac-
ticable to provide shade OF trees or by
growing corn. burlap or muslin sun
shields should he provided
Growing stock on range will he much
more comfortable and profitable II dur
ing the summer season they have an
opportunity 70 enjoy tho shade 81 fruit
trees and bushes, as we'll as that OF
either burlap or muslin sun shelters
Colony houses scattered through an
orchard make very desirable quarters
for growing chicks.-The Industrious
Hen