Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1892 — THE POULTRY-YARD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE POULTRY-YARD.

Lain enpun of Ducks. When ducks become lame from no apparent cause, it is usually due to their sleeping quarters being damp, says Farm and Fireside. Ducks are easily affected in the feet and legs by dampness and cold. They will remain in the water for hours, hut they are then exercisiug. When they return to their quarters they require a dry place. The most successful per-

sons provide board floors, which are littered deep with cut straw or hay, which is regularly removed as soon as it becomes in the least degree damp or filthy. Bv carefully attending to the ducks in this respect, there will be fewer cases of lameness among them. In this connection a poultry-house heater is here shown which will be found cheap and easy to construct.

CHEAP POULTRY-HOUSE HEATER.