Show IMPROVING HEN FLOCK great deal depends on selection on of setting eggs should do be those from year old birds as lileks will do be larger ant aal stronger than those from pullets by A J X WILDER cara ha be taken to savo save for settings only tho the eggs front from tho the boat best liens hens A vey very great difference can bo be made in a flock in a fow few semeona by the selection of tho the eggs for batching by choosing choos lne tho the largest eggs tho the fowls will be ba much larger in fit size but thero there Is it groat great that they ivill all not bo be good layers tho the hen that LIS lays an unusually largo large egg is quite likely to lay only every other day dy by setting her eggs and again the boxt season setting the largest eggs you iou will develop a strain of at large fowls that will lay very largo but will lay only every other day or even losa less on tho the other liand hand it if you set act tile tho eg eggs ga from the liens hens that as pullets laid during their first fall a and d winter tor ter and continue to sot set eggs front such euch liens hens you sou will w develop it strain of early winter layers the eggs for settings should bo be from rom year old hens as aa tho the checka will bo 0 larger and stronger than those from bullot eggs it Is best beat to mato ra m Y al every poultry home should shoud have some convenience tor for confining broody hens cockerels cockerell cocker els instead of old cocks with I 1 those these hens as the eggs are more apt to be fertile and there will bo be a larger percentage of pullets choose the medium sized well veil shaped eggs and bo be sure sura the shell la 18 firm and strong A weak shell Is suro to bo be broken and besides the loss of th t egg itself will likely ruin sev berul of tho the other eggs in tho the nest and may even teach tho the hen ben to break and cat them red tho the hens a little air slacked ilmo in tho tha mash to give the eggs a gool good strong shell do suro sure tho the lime la is well veli slacked blacked and give two tablespoonfuls to liens hens every day D not force the tha breeding stock for ess egg production feed thorn them mostly w hole grain wheat oats corn and bai kiy let the mash bo be a light feed and give them fresh sweet meat scraps twice a week acid plenty of green food unless the fowls have range where they can find fidd k for themselves neel keep them liol with pure clean drin drinking littig water aid abild have charcoal grit oyster boyste r shelf eliell tind lind dry bono bone always before them dort forget a little salt in tile tho mash it should always bo be salted as much as the same quantity of food would be for the table the hens must be mado made to exorcise exercise by scratching for their grain in the litter elitier they must bo be healthy and lc ir good condition it you are to raise strong healthy chic chicks A diseased condition of the hen Is ia transmitted to the egg and will appear in the chick when hatched batched |