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<br /> 178 Houses anal Rquipinent
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<br /> to make it wholly satisfacu,r�'. Peanut shells, grotincl C(Ir11 cobs,
<br /> Peat n,u,:s and sugar nape fel:er-wi rc;ill ranked above sywdttrt cxct:pr 1
<br /> for cost. Teres eunraining crater;rl-type litters were. I,ftelt dusty.
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<br /> Bull t-xi:p Litter
<br /> V►"ileo all grain is hrapper-frcl it is impurtunt to have a litter which
<br /> docs not pack Icadtly. Grouncl or cc'ushed Culls, she,i11[;.r, and saw-
<br /> chtct meet this cCtltl►cement, :,,,a arc Nrcll adapted to usc: as deep or 44
<br /> built-up litter. litcilt-up litttt' provi(ks a wat31) furor. 1'e.>r this
<br /> rcatiim it is esl,ecialEv well a►cl:tpm(l for use in the nurc€,curt Sections
<br /> of the country. if ki'pt in glivil condition, it,vill ails+,rl+ ronsidcrablu
<br /> moi.ttire un clays whcst tilt: litnuidity is higll, and rtJc arc_it un follow- cr ; : a
<br /> ing dry clays. Maintaininp dccp lit,car takes much lc!;,,labor,in spite of =
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<br /> necessary stilit
<br /> rring, titan i!: ,,;rjuirrtl to rn „
<br /> cc • sltalluv, litter at ;
<br /> N-1111ent cutelvalr. in orclr.rr r+r keep it 1-cay0n.lbly tiry. Fil,ally',
<br /> ncCre is su111c advantage: to hi- gained by tile. fact th'ac fowls can pick -J
<br /> up from the litter st,nlc l,rurincrs of intestinal synth ;i"t:, ,hich may
<br /> Simplify tbt feeding profile ,. Sucl, built-up litter need riot be �2
<br /> cleaned Out uftcntr 1,11an OTICU a year, and some putih,ytncn continua
<br /> to use it for two years c,t' luttgy', `
<br /> `!.'he usual ptoc(:tlurc with clv�-p litter is to st,,rt in the fall will) j
<br /> two to fcltar inches of dry litter, and acid to this Fr: 11,131lyy until fila L
<br /> Boor is corded cif lit to tall inches dee by shout tits first of
<br /> December. After that nu c ct,-r, litter is -wi dt:d, but the• nlcl litter is y
<br /> stirred occasionally to keep it in good condition, It may be removed
<br /> and replaced with clean, sliallum- litter in the late spring, or it may
<br /> be left in until the regular fall Cleaning, !
<br /> Adding hydrated lime to drop litter will help to l,c;c:i it ill workable r
<br /> cnrldition so that. it is less like y to pack clown. '�'hc anruunt of ! c
<br /> lime used r;triCti from 15 to 25 hounds fur cads 1011 vilu;rrC fMet of
<br /> f ciol. area, It Fltiutild bca c kv+ il,tcrcd evenly 11141 tltt:n worked intoZZ
<br /> the litter by stirring. Additional applications cm, be rtlade front
<br /> time to Henle :iq ritcussar'1�.
<br /> Old built-up litter, ,��hctlt..t' li,nccl or unbilled. contains fCWCI'
<br /> }'casts, molds and bacteri;i than comparatively 1,;s+ litter. This is
<br /> probably becative of its ittc.tc'asvd alkalinity, 1►11 of<.fl w more. r
<br /> Mstntire Hattdlirig -and AiNl,osAl
<br /> Since poultry n,wtcrrc conruius not 0111,• the frr':s bttt also the 4 _
<br /> scirrtic,rl of the kitlnr,s, it is inticll ricilcr in nit. -o�cn than that of p-
<br /> other don-instic anict,als. .1na1vscs of the terror, obt;tined from �-
<br /> catheterized chickens slow firth ac nvruch as 90 leer c-lit of the urinary
<br /> ttit,'ogrll is pres4nt as uric av;d. Unless tht• malltrrc• is I,te,perly 4
<br /> handled, so that putrefac.tic,t, is p,•t,'cntecl, much of tire. uric Z
<br /> will be changed to an itioniurn ca Winate" with c.-imiluent loss of
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