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Show EGGS IN THE WINTER ONLY WAY TO MAKE HEN KEEPING KEEP-ING PROFITABLE. Woman of Experience Tells What Is Necessary to Keep the Occupants of the Poultry Yard at Work Durlnrj the Cold Months. Thoso whoso hens do not lay durlnp, tho winter months, would be hotter oft without hens. This soems ltlco laying down tho law, hut It Is nevortholoss n fact. Thoso who Keep lions hocniiBe It Is a plcasuro need look for no othoi profit if they nro amused; but when chickens aro lsvpt with tho hopo that they will put monoy into tho pockot of their owners, they must bo made I to lay through tho wlntor, whllo eggs bring prices. How can 1 maUe tlu-ii1 lay? is u question ofton put. Now thoro aro a fow birds that will not lay through cold weathor, no matter how good tho enre, and If tho brooder Imp- No. I. The Head of a poor Layer, pons on this kind, ho may rlso oarly and lto down late and cat tho bread of carefulness, also feeding It to his flock and not a slnglo egg will ho his roward. At tho same timo good birds want good caro to make thorn "shell their eggs out." Tho first point need (ul is to pick out laying typos among sarly hatched pullets, or even hens, it is not too lato to cull ovor tho Hock even now. A lajlng type Is oven mora Important than a laying strain. There &ro disappointments in breeding from laying Btralns. I havo never come across a disappointment in a laying typo of lion. Tho heads of n good layer, will bo very sharply cut, tho neck arched, tho eyo nbovo all bright and Bparkllng. Tho under part of tho head very clean cut, and tho whole set of tho head and nock a little bit liko that of a raco horse. Thcso two cuts will lllustrato tho typo I mean to porfectlon. I sketched tho two heads from two Buff Orpington hens In my own yard. They both at sepnrnto shows won first prizes as pullots. They aro bred from an exceptional laying strain, and aro tho samo nge. Both havo been treated oxactly nllko. No. 1 lays fow eggs during tho year. No. 2 lays nearly an egg a day, winter nnd cummor, as nearly as it Is posslblo for a hen to do so. Tho next Important step is sheds opon 8hed3 facing south with good roofs and deep enough to provont snow or rain drifting right in. Tho front sin Id bo covorod cither with wiro netting or slats, so that tho fowls can bo shut in during wot weathor. Fresh air Is a great essential for egg production. If tho birds aro put Into close, warm houses during tho night and allowed out Into tho cold morning air, thoy become chilled and eggs nro out of tho question. A cosy houso, air tight, as tp cracks and floor can bo built In tho cornor of tho shod. Now as to food, whoro only tablo eggs aro required, a very concert-'atcd concert-'atcd dlot may bo given; n hot mash a- " "-" kj..' No. II. The Head of a Good Layer, in tho morning, consisting of bran, meal, cornmoal, ground oats, hoi led potatoos, noamoal, burloy meal and shorts. A llttlo black poppor may ho acidcd, also granulated moat, ovory other morning a toaspoonful of good poultry splco par hon should bo added, it should all bo glvon hot, ono quart is onough for ovory eight lions. Mrs. C. B., in Montreal Herald. Weight of Wool In a Bin. J. Q. Is thoro nny rulo whorohy ono could ascertain the weight of wool In a bin? Tlo wool 1b packed in fairly herd. Ans. No such rulo as is suggested has ovor come to our nttentlon, nor Is it likoly that iuoh a rule exists for tho reason that wool vnrlos lr welr''l according to Its firmness, elenl!nens I and tho closeness with rhlch It Is packod. .If the wool is In fleeces n fairly accurate ostimato should bo Bill Bi-ll ved at by weighing a doxen or more of tho nvorage onotj and calculating from tho avomge wg kt of those wlmt tho entlro number of floecau will wolch. |