Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1912 — GIVE CHICKENS BEST OF CARE [ARTICLE]

GIVE CHICKENS BEST OF CARE

Birds of AU Ages Should Be K-e----axnined Burins the Hot Months for Little Mite* and Lice.

(By M. B. BERNARD.)

All the old birds, and young, too, hould be examined frequently during the hot months because then it is that the lice and mites thrive. If cut bone or chopped meat is fed during the summer extra precautions must be taken to have It perfectly fresh. Many birds die from eating bone and meat scraps which have been allowed to lie around exposed to the heat and the flies. In feeding chickens, always remember that they are provided for to produce fresh eggs for human feed and therefore their own feed should be just as pure as that we eat ourselves. The hot sun will cause young goslings and ducklings as, well to topple over and die. provide shade for them until they are strong on their pegs.