Show THE HEN numbing 1 i and choins kopro vent brozen conion of the great complaints against alio winter layra r that the non prod K ti tiou on of eggs it duo clue largely to 0 o frozen froze combs and improper feed and care abo high combed varieties vari oties such as the leghorn minorca and others suffer stiffer considerably durin during cold N weather cat lir from frozen combs cutting or dubbing tle t e combs of tile young youn 1 fowls lias has been practiced eil so long now that many do not cor consider nider it a cruel custom any more than de deli horning orning cattle quito quite a number of poultry raisers adopt th bluj j eastom cr regularly reasoning that tho the bov fowls Is luzer rifi cr less from tho the operation than they do from tile tho cold if the comb is allowed 1 to readi it 11 largo size tho the comb is n sensitive coition ot oc tho the fowl nad ind tho the slightest fice fi ceria zing weather will affect it moreover it is pretty certain that this fice zing zin operation has a 0 direct injurious effect upon tho the birds pon powers ars of egg producing t it IE tho the combs of tile large varieties have not been cut when young caro care should be taken to loop keep them from being frozen A da daily fly appl cation of sweet oil on tar comb will tend to prevent this free f reezin zin p although althof sh it does not act ss in infallibly ibi proof against the cold by y feeding cc ing the e pen poultry the proper food now wo we not only make them produce nn abundance of eggs blit strong stron healthy liesl thy chicks can bo ba hatched out of them in tho the skiing sp ing tile tho lens will also be in good health for tho the wason and ready for tho a fedda few days ys fattening 0 ir ar past experience lias has taught us aa that while special food bucl auch it as linio lime and oyster shells for egg producing and sulphur for feather growth may bo be all right tho the isain essential of tho the all around J f food must not bo be f forgotten or gotten if the whole holo system is kept in perfect order and health tho the hens acas V will ill lay eggs experience of the past has taught ta ight us that good sound round carnin such as wheat buckwheat sunflower seed boiled or steamed oats with mth plenty of clean water and coarse sharp gravel with all the cabbage and turnips 1 they will vill devour aro are the proper lands kinds of food it if given one kind hind of grain at each meal ineal with a en n occasional cas ional teed feed of boiled and meshed mashed potatoes thickened with bran and shorts clover cut fino and steamed end and fed warm in the morning is preferable to turnips and other vegetables as it contains both lime and albumen and as aa KB an egg producing food it has few equals in ili our endeavors endeavors to search bearch for special foods for special results we should not forget the foundation principles of the whole w hole lifo life of the poal po al ilary try special f food must be fed only as an addition to the all around healthful food such as given annie C webster in Allie american rican cultivator |