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Show POULTnY THAT PAYS. rb ltr Tip r luns-rse; rxMt anil 1 1 fr4inlUii. ItnratNew Writer recently gifro aa trronnt of how 1(0 pullets, hatched nt one llinennd mined together, is ere placed In mio horie, nnd when ono laid she was taVen out This was nmllmuil uutll there were fitly in tub hoii'so. f 4M Ttir. "ran Ttrr," rniT ron uttvo. A critical crnmliiatton showed that nearly all that were lijlng we.eof the Ko. 1 tyte see ttrrt i ut while thoso tliat veto still tinprulnctlre reMmblnl In shape and appearance Xo. 3 set aco on 1 cut which is a longer legged, un galnlr, slim lsulie,! hen, that stumls her time looking fur something to get scared at. A ncorl of the tno Hocks show id a ulllorrni-o of 50 per cent. In the nniuWr of eggs laid No. I Vi-pt la)lng until nearly ileiunlM of fmllurn, and ll;ilihoil .iiioulllng nnd ligin 1 1) lug quicker than No. S, A short legged, deep bodied, full breasteil, wedgo sluiid, large comWl lien, with ii ipilet iIUihwIIIo'ii has capu Ity to contumo large qiuatltlta of food and rvturn eggs Instead of noise and flutter. The breeder it conlUent Hint this llorlr, grown from selected mothers, wlllaurage 00 eggs caili per annum. Tlio CO irr crnt. a.li anco ohtnlneil makes n Jlfffrenco of 1 1 1 acli In the two Hocks. Tliere are ''families' of butler rows amoirg the Jerseys, an 1 aomo day there will be "egg hens" among the already : famous leghorns. One of theso Improved Im-proved hens place,! In the hands of one 1 ignorant of fmdlng tirinelplca vouldlu I comprlleil to descend to r level .villi tho rest of his Hock from lack of n well bah I auced ration. ' j Tliergg shell is largely carbonate nn 1 phonphateof lime, while tho eillllo-jKir. lion is composed of 71 Opercont.of water, wa-ter, 12.1 ier rent, of albuminoids, 10 r crnt of fat nnd 0 per cent of nsh. This lathe arirago of eighty eggs analysed at the fleneva riperlment station. .Milk and meat are largely albumen. Tho lien cannot claborato ilino and albumen from fst or starchy fool, which Is iblcflr val- I uable for tho warmth It f urnlsliess benco corn Is a poor food, and milk, moat and shell aro very csscntlsl tor egg prod notion. no-tion. Ilggs illlf er In quality anil appranro In accordance with the nature of the foist Cotton seed tnenl In eicesagltes an egg n week old taste Hut Is Ulvjmt-Ing. Ulvjmt-Ing. Onions give a rank taste. Ti much clover hay and a U I rolornl lot of m a shells spell the beaStif ul whlto of the rgg abel'a. The authority quote! furnishes the following tables fHvln j tho ration that has produced the best result for rgg production for 000 henst First Morning, by weight, all they ran eat of the following laiiturui One-half One-half bran, ono-fourth com and dne-fonrth dne-fonrth oats, lulled with lint water or milk, together with one pint of salt, two quarts of charcoal and oue bushil of x. Hc28, -V-v r-'j 1-Tiis 1-Tiis "aciuiciirji Trrr," tnLT ron oct- tisi sc'aiicii. rlorer hay cut fin's. If thrro bo no milk ad 1 slxtia u suuus of chopped meat and ono bu-hi I of Imcts cut fine. Coconil Noon, whole grain by mens, ure. Tnu parts oats, one buckwheat and one wheutt glvo ono quart to fifty hens In chaff. Third Mght, tho samo'aaBccond, atl they will cut. Fourth Drink, milk or pure water. For chickens, n cake uuido of aour ullk, salt and oi!.'i made thick with silted Ked and baked, also cracked wheat , Here ami ,Tliere, There wero ISHutrfesof Indian games, eihlbltod ut tho lolo New York l'oultry show. And now we are told that Sir. fleorge W.CIillilshasarO.OOOsUbleatWootten. AmnteriirUing Iowa fanner who ojh r-raksn big farm has called In the tele, phono as u means v( dlrei.t communication communica-tion with tho various deartnieiita thereof. A law protecting aoug birds has been Iiasscd lu Oregon. Otir four thotisanl fowls wero ex hlbltod at tho Sew York IWtry show, From the Mississippi nation comes the report that In feodlug cows for milk and butu r ciittuiiHil is more economical economi-cal than cottouHtd meal. 1 A bill ij proprlatlng tloO.OOil for Cull, forula's eahlblt at ho WorlJV fair bus passed tlits iihiembly, Tho v boat crop of south Ami rail and Knv Zealand Is rrivrtod short and of poor quality |