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Show There is nothing the matter with the hen that Bhows a bright eye and a red comb. Exercise is a better laying stimulant stimu-lant for the hens han heat-producing condiments. Establish, if possible, a brand of eggs which will in itself be a guarantee guar-antee of good quality. It is poor policy to change the quarters quar-ters of hens or pullets while laying, for it usually checks or stops egg production. pro-duction. Green food of some kind Is necessary neces-sary to make hens do their best in the line of egg production. Eggs ought to weigh a pound and a half to the dozen or fifty-five pounds net to the thirty dozen eggs. Experiments show that chickens with strong vitality and plenty of masculine characteristics make the largest gains. The best place for the incubator is the one where the temperature Is most nearly uniform from day to day, under natural conditions. Collect the eggs regularly at least once, better twice, a day in moderate weather and more frequently in very warm and very cold weather. Where green cut bone is fed, about 4 ounces a week fed in small quantities quanti-ties at a time Is a good average allowance allow-ance per hen. It need not be fed every ev-ery day. The chicken does not refuse to lay eggs or get fat through perverseness of character. It is simply because the owner does not know how to bring about desired results. |