The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11
COMFORT MOTTO OF
BEST POULTRY MEN
To Stay Healthy and vigor-
Gus. Fowls Must Be Protected
From Summer Sun.
FRUIT TREES DESIRABLE
~ MrCHAEL X. BOYER,
Poultry Editor Of "Farm J~osrnal.'i

Uy MI kNh ~ - Hss
Poultry Editor Of "Farm Josrnai.'
II Ia Just as important to keep tht
poultry comfortable In summer as 1t Is
In winter, Comfort should be the
motto of every poultry keeper. and II
should be strictly enforced. To remain
healthy and vigorous, both fowls and
chicks must be protected from the burn
ing rays Of the sun.
To deprive the stock OF sunlight would
be fatal. A house situated where 1t does
not get the sunlight is unfit for fowls
but n It gets the u for only a few
| hours a day II may be used. Mature
birds soon DEGENERATE away from the
sun and chicks are sickly when grown
with little sunlight. But no fowl can
| thrive whom long exposed to the heat OF
the sun, 30 there should be shade at
| feast In the heat Of the day. Dense and
| complete shade 10 to be avoided. Air
and sunshine In moderation are inn
portant factors in the growth and thrift
of stock.
Natural shade 10 desirable n fruit
trees are particularly good. since they
give shelter as we'll as crops that can
De SOLO Al n DTOIlI lHty IONto' oih"'N
| dur,ne hot weather and, dropping their
leaves for winter. allow h sunshine to
strike past their limbs in cool weather.
Evergreen trees planted In hedges for
wlndbreaks for winter also furnish a
dense and cooling shade In summer.
shade can be furnished artificially in
different sections OF the yard by using
branches OF trees cut in full foliage. or
by driving three foot stakes In the
ground and covering them with a canopy
OF burlap, or by erecting frames made
OF wire netting or lath, covered with nay
or straw.
The prime Importance Of sunlight in
sanitation IL universally acknowledged
by the medical fraternity. 1t is natures
great disinfectant and the direct rays OF
the sun will destroy disease germs.
SO the beneficial effects Of sunlight
must not be ignored.
TIL question is how can it best be
controlled 80 as not to do damage TO the
stock.
II is not to ave heat pros
trations during hot weather. especially
in the case of heavy fowls. the birds
suddenly dropping over insensibie. The
cause liz attributed to the heat making
a pressure on the brain. Exposure To
the hot sun is frequently the reason.
I might go through the entire lest OF
poultry ailments and find where sun
shine acts az a tonic as we'll az a pre-
ventive OF diseases. The lesson Is then
that we have our poultry houses so
erected hat the sunshine can enter at
certain hours OF tho day to dtsinfect the
interior. drive out dampness and de-
stroy disease germs. The yards must
he only partially shaded. 30 there will
he no dampness. but part OF II must
he shaded so that the stock may be
able to get TO a cool place. Failure
to provide for this may result in seri-
Gus loss.
Probably at no time Is the hot sun
more dangerous to fowls "a during
moulting season. Moulting IL natures
condition for exchanging the old. worm
out weather beaten suit for a fresh. clean
one. quite frequently individual birds
will be almost entirely nude. and when
exposed to the hot sun the skin not only
quickly reddens but liz apt to blister and
become sore. II ia just as important to
shelter moulting fowls from hot sun as
It Is to protect them from cold storms.
Growing chicks will not thrive IL they
ara not given the proper amount OF
shade in their runs. They must he pro-
tected from the strong rays of the sun.
Niagara Farm In Ransomville, Niagara
county. New York. has adopted an eX-
cellent method for providing shade FOR
the young birds. A field OF ten acres Is
fenced off and planted in corn. After
the stalks are about two feet high colo
MES OF young chicks. with their coops
scattered here and there all over the
field. are Quartered on this cornfel".
They are not only protected from the not
sun but are enabled in this range to
gather considerable bugs and sprigs OF
grass hat crop up. As the chicks grow
older the cornstalks grow higher. II IL
the best provision Tor shade have seen
YET. ana as the corn Is planted In Hills
there is sun sulIicIeh, space iett Ior IN,
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