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Show POULTRY POINTS. Oats nro manifestly an egg-produc Ing food. Cripples and stunted specimens spoil tho appearance of a flock, besides taking tak-ing up much needed roam. Weed them out Farm Journal. It does not pay to keep nuy except strong, vigorous chicks. Any that np-pear np-pear weak after receiving proper enro and food should bo disposed of. If tho fowls nro confined In yards where tho ground Is bare of grass tho earth should bo turned over fro quently, either with a spado or a hand cultivator, If the yard Is small, or with a plow, harrow or horso cultivator If tho yard Is largo. Milk, wholo or skim, sweet or sour Is an orccllcnt food for fowls and may bo fed by Itself or used to mix the mash provided a mash li a part of tht atlon. Milk, however, will not take iho placo of water as a drink and thi- iatter must bo furnished also. i |