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Show PouLTPYNams &S9 Rafter? ) Never set a thin, lousy hen. She won't stay her time out Pet ducks are scarce; it is a fact they rarely make friends. Parched meal is good for chicks to pick when two or three days old. Chopped-up onion tops make good chick medicine at this time of year. The turkey hen, having hatched out her brood, will prove herself theb est of mothers. Chicks on a hard board floor soon develop leg troubles. Sprinkle fine earth or sand over it Feeding chicks when too young and too much at a time are fruitful sources of bowel trouble. Every breed has its money-making individuals, also its scrubs. Cull out the latter and improve the former. For the geese a low shed open tc the south is about all that is needed, as geese seem impervious to cold weather. Washed eggs rot more readily than those not washed. The dirty eggs, II sold at all, would better be sold dirty than washed. Sunflower seed is good for all farm animals, but chickens especially should be provided with it when it is so easily grown. Dust the hen with insect powder before setting, and twice more while hatching, then chicks will not be full of lice to begin with. |