Show POULTRY NOTES A check in growth means a loss In rearing Bumble foot is produced by flying down from high roosts Birds with small combs and plenty of feathers endure cold best Young hens and early hatch hatched d pullets pullets pullets pul pul- lets make malee the best winter layers The neglect given chickens now cannot cannot cannot can can- not be overcome by good care later on A small quantity of carbolic acid will greatly benefit the whitewash in killing lice Bee A dull sunken eye shows defective nutritive power and lack o of constitution constitution constitution tion and vigor If you cannot dress poultry so It looks good better sell It alive as it will bring more When a chick stands still the food it eats Is wasted the masted-the the asted-the the breeder gets no return for It Plan In good season to reduce the winter stock of poultry as much as possible to layers Do not feed ducks whole grain grain- of ot any kind They need bulky food plenty plenty plenty plen plen- ty of sand grit and oyster shells While the turkeys roost high at Thanksgiving time the ducks are hId hId- Never fasten the nests to the house housein in such a manner that they cannot readily be taken taleen down for cleaning Ing un under er the granary at Christmas I Fowls never get sick without a cause Find out what this Is and remove remove remove re re- re- re move It before before you talk of bad luck Warmth and dryness are necessary If you would save the early chicks Protection from the damp Is of more importance than artificial heat Laying hens need animal food now as they are right in the heaviest la laying season and green cut bone or beef scraps should be furnished These will not only Increase the egg yield but the fertility as well |