y ICKS REQUIRE DRY HOUSES id I 1 and young fowl fowls should have comfortable to sleep in dampness la Is disease breeder lucks ducks both old and young should ave fa a dry comfortable place to stay at it night if it forced to alt sit on the amp up ground they are liable to take imps ramps and cold in the head the ter tier Is almost certain to turn tum to provide suitable houses if you wish be successful the bouses houses need not very awen pensive s ive but they choum be stant lal so t that hat they may be used r the he same purpose several years la in cession th chere ere ie a usually some shed or build g that can u bo be converted into A duck ouse age at email small expense where only small flock Is kept this plan is ad isable able if f the roof root Is good the rest Is easy t the w weatherboarding ther boarding Is to not malv close to keep out drafts in la id 1 bei cover the outside with red fried paper or strip with lath A Y board floor Is to better than an earth r because tire ducks will III often stir p the ground in a very disagreeable anner where there Is the least east sign moisture in n cold weather ducks clucks should be ept pt in the house because their feet ro so tender that when they come in la tract with the cold ground they ler greatly and hobble bobble along as ugh ough their backs were broken how flow er r they should not be kept housed ore re than Is really necessary ED CHICKENS SOUR MILK beral supply mixed with corn will keep fowl fowls in healthy and growing condition y A C SMITH minnesota Minne eota rip ariment station I 1 sour milk Is utilized in one of the st t possible ways by feeding it to ickens those who think that they t greater returns by feeding it to gs e should ro remember member that the flesh chickens brings at least twice as ich on the as that of hogs bogs milk and corn cons are both liked by ickens and a proper mixture of tho the 0 makes one of the best and most pet peptizing izing rations for the season when e days are warm and the nighta nights ol 01 1 for the best results the corn uld be cracked and soaked several urs in either ampt or sour skimmed ilk tk or in buttermilk the corn may put in palls in its the morning and 0 i milk poured on until taij top of a corn Is submerged two or three hes when this has been absorbed ire ore should be added nt fit intervale intervals ring the day and the mixture will excellent for feeding by night A h liberal liberal supply of this ration will veolie cmickens growing rapidly and wa laferr being constantly plump d in Fic ellent condition for the arket try it once and the fowls 11 II tell you whether they like it try to weeks or a month and they III 11 how show you whether it Is a good d economical feed OR R CARRYING EGGS SAFELY egon regon man invent invents frame divided into plurality of compartment compartments with flexible sling in n illustrating end and describing an egg ider invented by henry S 8 west ook of portland ore oro scientific says the invention relates to egg hold and more particularly to a device so A homer holder dreby eggs may ba be safely bell in crying ying shipment storage or in emise handling the same it a frome divided into a plurality compartments compart mente each compartment 19 a flexible egg cling sting so disposed d held within tho the frame that the 8 carried thereby is 1 prevented entel from LEO cither either with any portion of the line me or say 7 other ess egg held thereby W INVENT NO substitute substitute lence not yet able to find any thing te to take place of enal S food control controls flavor to dato date science a been unable to ent nt a substitute for the egg the er the e egg gg the less Is in that sweet 11 a flavor boti noticeable ceable t I 1 Is of more importance to know average of the flock we ere Is n C thing in the theory that E sweet beet rich flavor of the elgg M to the breed it t condition is alone brought it t by the quality of the food given tee the fowls three 1 splendid did breed laree dia its te for broiler broilers and ter eggs aught Brith brahma mais for rou t and w winter w eggs and nj mite white lec I 1 for eummer eam egga make a good tor a large tana fum