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Show PQULTny fou wiNTEn. tf.a..ll. llll. ,,,., ,.,,, I, lV"" A1""lt """" I-er.. ICsn L. wIt' !" a "I""'1 to 'o Ottawa Mtfrda) experiment farm, says. trovTK1,1;11 "' -" N't four winters V-wUtffi!" or " Prejudiced that I "-'UE'Iirsocombj nro not lulled sBbmhhli for winter lasers because their comns will freexs. If any ono wishes to make rovennofrom Ills winter eggs ha must sot keep his lsjen whete their combs will freeze. Inflligenco must bo exercised exer-cised In tho treatment of winter laen the samons In the winter euro of other stock. Of tho liens with the largo reiulu, inch ns IjOghorns, .Mlnon is nn I Anilnluslnns, no belter winter layers r liar Her fowls can bo had than tho W'hito Legho"!!!. Tho Andaluslans and Mlnorcisnro nloo cxctllent winter lnj era, but require to bo kept netlvo, as do all tlio Hp.mlli class, ri) month Hocks nnd W'ynndottcs nro w ell know it w Inter U) era. Mcmbi n of tho Aslitlo family li , Urnhlnas, UutT Oichliis nnd I.antf!intis requlro to Lo li itched out early in tho season to ma'to early In) one. They requlro to bo skill fully.lnndM during tho clo-o tonlli mentof winter to prevent them beiom-ing beiom-ing too fat A farmer will not inal.o n, mlitnko by choosing his winlir lnirs from lho Leghorns, Plyinoutli Hocks or W'ynndotles. Tho W'j ondottes pcrlinpt coma ns nearly lllling tho bill in p s-slblo, s-slblo, having lltllo or no comb, nnd nro good lnjcrs Tho Houdinsdld not so- m to stanl tho confinement lo winter CUirlcrnnl well ns oilier breeds, lho follonlug classification may scno as n guldo In making a choice from tho best known breeds Breeds with l,irgo Combs leghorns, Mlnorcis, And iluslans, Ulaek biunisli. Ilrceds with Bmall C'omb W'jan-dottes, W'jan-dottes, Hrnlimis, Cochins, Houdans, Ilrceils with Medium Hizo Combs Pi) mouth Hocks, Dorking", Black Ja as, Langshaus lined with ftoso Comljs Leghorns, II imburgs, Hedcajis, Whlto Dorkings. Wlillo on tho subject of . Inter la) Ing It in ty bo stilted that tho la) crs do 1 tti r when they cm enjoy as much freedom as jiosslblo. Many firmers lino llulr Iwultr, ( 5uses so situated thatwlthvcry littlo tronblo or cxpenso they can so nr-rango nr-rango as to allow tlulr fowl access to n barn, ttablo or Inclose 1 shed, whero gracl, land, coal, nshes or other substances sub-stances may bo fonn 1 for tho liens to scratch in. Pawls so situated nro not likely to glvo tronblo In tho way of eating eat-ing eggs or feathers or la) ing eggs with eo(t shells. |
