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Show PouijbyNotes "Cull closely" Is the motto that will lead to success. Fresh air, sunshine and exercise are the best poultry tonics. The natural time for a hen to lay Is from February to October. Air-slacked lime Is a valuable disinfectant dis-infectant in the poultry house. Qn most poultry farms the dry mash has superseded the wet mash. From now on until next spring the hens should be supplied with a dust box. Oyster shells 1b the best food with which the hens can manufacture egg shells. Ducks have become one of the best paying propositions In the poultry industry. in-dustry. The germ of disease must be destroyed de-stroyed befor the disease can be eliminated. The necessity for fresh air has led to the great popularity of the open front houses. Eggs and fowls used In the home should be credited at market prices. This la only fair. Plenty of exercise and plenty of good fresh air are necessary for the health of the flock. There are many waste products that could be turned to use as poultry poul-try food in every garden. Many a woman makes a greater success with poultry than her husband does with the work of his farm. A pen of a hundred good laying bens will produce enough eggs to supply sup-ply the sugar and coffee of an ordinary ordi-nary family, besides supplying the home table. A hen, a pig, a steer, a cow any ol our meat-producing or mllk-produclng animals, are of value to the farmer only in proportion to their digestive and assimilative powers. Growing ducklings thrive best on a feed composed of equal parts, by measure, meas-ure, of cornmeal, ground peas, bran and middlings, all made Into a thick mash, either with scalding .hot water or milk, the latter being the best. The mash is Improved by adding short-cut green grass, clover or some other green stuff, and a few handfula coarse sand. |