SOME USEFUL MAXIMS.
The poultry-keeper is advised to bear the following maxidflM^M^ in mind. They contain import^^Bi'actical truth and serve as a rem^^K of the duties that should ba||j^Hried. They are worth their, '*jfl^|Va gold to any poultryman who j^^^pKe practical application of then^Br the management of his fowls: — . Don't overcrowd the hen-house; keep the building well ventilated. Practise scrupulous cleanliness. Lime is cheaper than roup, and fumigation more profitable than lice/ Sunlight is as nec^Kry as corn. Fresh water is jf^Hftt an<^ cheap. Underfeeding i^^^H^H^* Overfeeding ift^^^^^^Wty. _ ■ Exercise is cl^^^^^^Hnedicine. The hen is^^^H|: animal, therefore let n€K^^^|H^^ Disinf ectants\^^^^Hr^ ail disease. Carbolic is ch^^^Hran cholera., Nail up the^Jß^Kind then live up to them, audflpjl find poultrykeeping rob&eoTbFits terrors, and its pleasures and profits multiplied.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 21 May 1913, Page 7
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125SOME USEFUL MAXIMS. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 21 May 1913, Page 7
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