Show INT GUINEAS ARE BEST PEST destroyers tile guinea culnen js is n native or of africa and Is III INs best t a suited u I 1 t eti to a warm country though they will ilo do well in fit the latitude of west virginia find indiana writes T we I 1 a A J 7 logg legg of west virginia in tile now new yorker there are two breeds of guineas guill las lu tills this country tile the pond pearl and the white ea both lire are about the saino nature the mail difference being taint of color both breeds are of n wild nervous nature and enjoy traveling ling nil all over the fibrin in search of bugs bug find wo worms rills they ann cnn fill ile be taught to return ciomo h ollie nt fit night find to roost in tho the pout poultry t ry house millions are about eliout the boat best insect destroyers that I 1 have ever tried they jiley prefer worms and bugs to grain though they alicy will eat cat sonic somo grain I 1 have seen them eating curri tnt worms find and colorado beetle 9 two posts pests that chickens pass ly by without t I 1 have RISO also see been guineas eRs killing billing bilco to anyone 0 walo o wants to turn crop posts into a n valuable product I 1 would recommend a nock flock of guineas for tile purpose the guinea Is a rood good summer egg producer begins laying in april it if kept from sitting site she will continue to prodico eggs initial late in tile the fall tile the liens hena lily lay nn all egg every lily they to do lay iny and an average of about eggs to me lien hen may be expected d froin a nock flock in fit it a season the eggs tire are not as large na as the chicken eggs iut hut anro of a better flavor find linao a harder shell to anyone who Is of rals ling ing guineas I 1 would recommend that tho aliey buy eggs and hatch thorn them under chicken hens rather than to buy bay old gul guineas ns eta tho the old guineas are liable to range anway anti not come collie back to their new home tile bout boat season for jio young guineas to bo be hatched Is june and july ns as they delight je light in warm dry weather but cannot stand a cold wet sonson A good sized lien hen can cover twelve eggs very well As soon ns they hatch they abound bo be in a close box or coop for a few days until they learn their adopted mothers root liers call else they may inny stray awny in the weeda and grass find and get lost A y young 0 ung guinea Is like the grouse or and 1111 tilde hide when soared after the lie are a few lays days old they become very much attil elied to their adopter adopt ei mother find and will fol low lier her until grown they should havo free irl 1 shelter only wh it it ICU Is mining ra lulng only a few male birds should bo be kept about one for eight or ten hons hens in this flits wily they will mill go in flocks field several liens hens will iny illy in tile sume nest lest I 1 |