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Show THE CARE OF POULTRY. Double yelked eggs will occasionally batch, but there is no economy in setting them. Millet seed is a good feed for young chickens, chick-ens, but should only be supplied iu small quantities. Do not expect too many eggs to hatch from a setting if shipped any distance. Ten is more than an average. ' Unless it cannot be avoided, fowls that moulted late should not bo nsed for breeding. As a rule they lack thrift. In the spring, especially, a quick maturing fowl will be found quite desirable, and In selecting breeding stock this fact should not be overlooked. If Brahmas or Cochins are kept it will in many cases pay to make them forage for n part of their living. The exercise will be very beneficial. Care should be taken not to in-and-in breed too closely, as not only will the quality be lowered, but there is always more or lessrislt of deformity in some way. Take a pound of copperas dissolved in a gallon of water and then add an ounce of sulphuric sul-phuric acid and you .have the Douglas mixture. mix-ture. Put a half pint of this intothedrinking water twice a week. It makes one of the best tonics. Watch the hens as they lay, and select egg for hatching from the best layers. In this way a good breed of hens for eggs ran b? readily secured. There is a considerable difference dif-ference in this respect, and it is quite an item to get the best. One of the cheapest as well as the most convenient con-venient ways of marking fowls of any kind is with a punch, cutting one hole or more if desired de-sired In the web of the foot. A watch key if sharpened can be made to answer, but it makes almost too small a hole. St. Louis Republic, " |