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Show All houses and nests should be clean. England has one ben to the acre of territory. Sell off the scrub chickens and have only one breed. Collect all eggs from nest at hast once a day; hot weather twice. Make ready a comer In each pen. that ran be used as a dusting box. The surplus cockerels and pullets may be sold breeders and a fancy realized. Hem over two years of age ire sel Join good layers, therefore should not be held over. Keep eggs In a cool, dry place, but not In a cellar, is they ire there likely to become musty. Care should be taken at all times never to iwrmlt moisture to come la contact with the eggs. When the hens ire started In laying, lay-ing, great care must be used In not allowing them out on stormy days. Oats, Iran and gren food sre the tt stimulants to egg production. r"orn Is rather fattening for use at this (eaon. A chirk that Is stunted because of a k of good food at any period of trowth never Is profitable as a layer r a breder, A little fresh meat minced fn Is lecesssry for the laying hens during h winter months. This should be riven about twlca a wwk. An Ideal bird for winter egg produv Ion Is a pullet matured about N'o rember 1st. wbirb Is strong and via; trous and Is of a good laying strain. |