Show I WORKING NOTES ON THE POULTRY YARD Hens Must Have Variety of Proper Food for Profitable Production of Eggs You would think the manufacturer a fool tool who would feed cotton into his mill and expect silk goods to be woven from It and yet the hen is simply a machine Given the proper material she will lay eggs but you cant can't expect her todo to todo todo do it with Just corn when corn is only a fat producing fat food Give your hens a variety of the proper prop er food and keep them comfortable and busy and they will be like the hen the little boy heard cackling cackling after after listening a moment to the fuss the hen was making he remarked Huh you needn't be so proud of laying that egg You couldn't help it Save the droppings from the poultry houses Fertilizer of at equal value if bought in the market will cost you f 30 30 a ton For the easier gathering and handling handling han han- of this fertilizer a platform ol of boards should be placed under the roots This platform should be be scraped clean every day or at least twice a week After cleaning slaked air lime and ashes should be sprinkled over the boards This makes the boards easier to clean and is also a good disinfect disinfect- disinfectant ant and vermin killer besides adding value to the fertilizer |