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Show Si PSrD u IB III 11 Keep the brooder houses in a clean sanitary condition, and never overcrowd. over-crowd. Burnt corn has been used to good advantage. This is one way of supplying supply-ing charcoal. When you are through hatching, market all the cocks that you do not Intend to use next year. Combine the dairy and poultry plants on the farm. In other words, feed the milk to the chickens. The barn Is a splendid place for the chickens but they should not be allowed allow-ed to appropriate It exclusively. Pullets hatched in May can be brought to laying by November, If they are proierly fed and cared for. Once a day is sufficient lor chickens chick-ens to be fed a mash; the remainder of the day dry grain Is considered better. bet-ter. Too many people who gel good returns re-turns for a small flock figure that tho returns for a largo one will be in proportion. pro-portion. In giving medicine to a fowl, commonly com-monly speaking, what would be considered con-sidered the dose for a child Is about right for a fowl. The small potatoes and other vegetables vege-tables that are not suitable for human food can be fed to the chickens to splendid advantage. Lice Increase very rapidly on the sitting hpn. Thoroughly insect powder pow-der her before setting, and a couple of times during the sitting period. Charcoal Is an excellent f'- d for the hens and should be before them at all times. They wli not eat very much of It but they should have free access ! to it. Gooso eggs require 30 days for incubation, in-cubation, and It Is customary to hatch at least some of them with hens, since tho g'-cso are heavy and often not Inclined to set. A good spray to disinfect coops aud hrooderB is a mixture of one-haif pint carbolic acid In two gallons of water. It is a bad Idea to trust high priced I i ggs in an Incubator unieBS you thoroughly thor-oughly understand how to operate It, |