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Show Hovr t Oct Esst tn Winter. Any theory that fails to result in eggi in tho winter is a failure, however nicely nice-ly advanced. Any theory that suggests impracticable things for the locality for which it is written is also useless. For instance, tho advice to feed oyster shells to chickens in Dakota and wheat to thera in the New England states i3 not practical. practi-cal. Reverse the conditions or reverse the feed, and the task becomes an easy one. Oyster shells are plenty in New England and wheat in Dakota. The advice ad-vice so often given to give "green food" is very good, and yet many people will have but little to give during the winter. win-ter. "Fresh meat" is recommended. Few will have it to spare, and yet nearly every one has milk. It is good either sweet or sour, and will largely replace fresh meat. We know of nothing better or more accessible to the majority of farmers than milk. It should be wanned 60 that it is pretty hot. Once or twice a week put in a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper. This fed in the morning with some scalded chopped feed wiil put hens In good condition for business. They must have a little pure water once a day, a box of ashes & one corner of the hen house, and some old plaster or lime mortar, mor-tar, a pile of coarse sand, gravel or broken crockery. Glass is recommended by some. We have not tried it. The ben bouse must be warm enough, so there will be no frozen combs or wattles. wat-tles. It should have a large south window, win-dow, and the bens should not be let out when the weather is cold enongb to freeze their combs. A few hours in the middle of the day gives them needed exercise. Get them in early in the after noon, and give them all the whole grain they will eat wheat, oats, corn, barley bar-ley or buckwheat no sloppy feed for supper. Change the feed ocetisionally. A dish of parched corn furnishes agreeable agree-able varietv. Dakota Farmer. |