Show poultry notes ft por for some rei reason laon not fully understood thick soup gour milk seenia seeing to have a greater value for liens hens that than sweet milk the old idea of ducking and stary ing to prevent broodiness As is not to be b recommended where further furl lier egg production Is desired 0 green feed at all seasons Is a necessity for health and egg production largo large quantities of mangels and cabbages con be produced on a very small area 0 0 chickens to bo be fed profitably should first be kept growing during the growing season to best accomplish this they should be given a varied diet of meat and vegetable protein lime la Is the iho principal constituent of egg shells and liens should be provided with lime it if they cannot gather it naturally it can be given in the form of crushed limi aliue stone crushed I 1 egg shellio etc 0 0 many blany farmers begrudge a hen every bite that goes down her neck and numerous 4 early risers on the farm get up to feed th the hogs bogs before daylight vo 1 keep the hens from eating with them n are arc hiding finding out that hen will lay us freely without tile the corn com pany of males as alth lt them tl fact peri the lessoning lessening of expense by doing awny away with the roosters I 1 Is ulso all 0 O a fact that eggs that are I 1 fertile will kaep much the longest |