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Show The fowls must be fed at least twice a day. Exercise Is necessary for both health and egg production. A box iOf crushed oyster shell should always be within reach. Split carrots, turnips and cabbage In half, instead of chopping fine. Clear fresh water Is necessary for the hens at all times and all seasons. The most profitable way to keep chickens of any kind Is to feed them well. To obtain a supply of winter eggs we must have the chicks out early in the spring. Old fowls require less feed than young ones and it Is a mistake to overfatten them. The walls and roosts should be kept free from mites, which suck the life-blood life-blood of the fowls. Cement floors should be well covered cov-ered with straw. The bare floor 1b too hard and too cold. |