The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08

the two, whether reduced to writing or not, should be made to suit the circum- stances and must be fair to both.
 The matter of frequency and method of payment can be arranged in various ways For the first agreement term, which may be a year or less, cash in ad- vance might be satisfactory, until defi= nite system of orders and payments is established. The department of agricul- ture suggests that the agreement should specify the names of the parties to the agreement, the length of time during which the agreement is to be in force. thee number of eggs to be shipped each week during the time the contract runs, and also the frequency of shipment and the number in each shipment price to be paid during the time of the contract, to- gether with the base on which the price
 is fixed. method of adjusting claims for broken or bad eggs, the consumer should open boxes properly without cutting or tearing and should take proper care of them and return them by mail as desired by the producer; frequency of payment and manner of remitting; postage paid on empties returned to he producer to be credited to the consumer on next bill rendered
 Poultry houses may be built with or
 
 should he dry. as damp floors make damp litter, and dampness is fatal to both fowls and chicks. If the house is on dry, sandy soil, dirt floor isausually quite satisfactory, but as rule it is more damp than board or cement floors Dirt floors should be scraped and new soil put in two or three times year to keep them sanitary. If board floors are used they should be both tight nd smooth so as to make them dry and easy to clean. If possible they should ba eight or ten inches from the ground to allow a circulation of air and to prevent rats from harboring under them.
 Many farms have old style, closed up poultry houses with poor light and ven- tilation also old sheds and other build ings of little use for other purposes that can be remodeled or built over with little difficulty into satisfactory poultry houses.
 A building of that kind usually can be made over for les sthan one-half THe cost of constructing new one and if the work is well done should give just as good results Furthermore the work per formed in remodeling the building serve as a good poultry-club demonstration in poultry house construction.
 Tn poultry culling demonstrations held on the farms of the farm bureau members of Emmet county. Iowa. records kept for Il flocks showed 609 hens were culled out of a total of 154S in the flock The average number of eggs laid a day by the entire flock before culling was 401.5 and the average number of eggs laid day by the 9S9 hens left after culling was 346.6 The average number of eggs fol 1 10 hens day before culling was 26; after culling. S.5. The average number of eggs laid a day by 363 of the eulled hens which were not immediately sold was IA. | Cement floors. especially for large poul- 1 try houses, are quite satisfactory, as i they keep rats out and also last much l longer than board floors They are also sanitary and easy to clean but are harder and more expensive to build than wooden 1 floors A cement mloor should always i be kept well covered with litter; otherwise i it is cold and uncomfortable for the i birds