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Show WINTER CARE FOR CHICKENS Every Preparation Made to Insure Fowls With Proper Supply of Food Will Be Repaid. In the winter the care of poultry Is quite a task and every preparation that Is made to -reduce work and insure in-sure the birds with a proper supply of clean food will be well repaid. On the general farm the cattle, sheep and hogs will doubtless come first and too often the hens are neglected. The only way to insure proper treatment for the poultry flock is to equip the house with feeding appliances that will enable the farmer to care for the flock without wasting time. All of the hoppers can be made on the farm from packing boxes or scrap lumber and when once constructed the job is done and the hens will pay for the labor many times. |