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Show A load of coarse sand Is good for the chickens. Be sure the houses are all free from lice and filth. If you want your hens to lay during the cold months they must be given food rich In egg material. Cures of poultry troubles lie In preventing pre-venting sickness In the flock and not in curing the disease or disorder. Hens fed on one kind i grain ex-Busively ex-Busively will not lay as satisfactoH-as satisfactoH-as those that have been fed a varietv of grains. Oats make an excellent grain for laying hens. They furnish the essential essen-tial food element without increasing ', the fat on the hen. Give the hens good feed, clean water, wa-ter, a good dust bath and clean, airy, comfortable quarters, and the egg supply sup-ply Is reasonably certain. Separate the cockerels from the pul tet8. They are of no earthly use, but on the contrary do harm. They should be caponized or sent to market. Alfalfa hay, if cut in the bloom. Is fine for chickens to pick over durinn the winter months. They will get TTiire ftt less cost from ground alfalfa. If your chicken-house faces north, board up the openings and transfer them to the Eouth side and make them big enough to allow the sunshine tr flood the floor. |