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Show Never harbor mongrel stock. Don't forget to whitewash the interior in-terior of your houses. Expect disease and low vitality when fowls are inbred year in and year out. Send to market all the stock that you can spare, for the prices of feed are still high. Kamp chior'as are wanted in market; remember that lousy chick- .s will not fatten. From Octobii" 15th to about November Nov-ember 20th the best prices for poultry are generally obtained. New blood may be added to the flock, by buying some choice pullets of a reliable poultry keeper. Lining nest boxes with newspapers makes it easy to lift out litter, paper and all. Then set a ma:ch to it. Authorities claim that ke eggs from a hen will be ferti.3 for ten days after the removal of the liale from the flock. Do not let your young birds roost with the old hens, as they are liable to catch diseases which old hens are more subject to. All hens which have completed their second laying season should be disposed dis-posed of at once, to make room for the young stock. Save the small potatoes and imperfect imper-fect heads of cabbage and other waste vegetables. They will all be relished by the hens In the wiutor. ! Don't delay any longer making repairs re-pairs to the houses or fences, winter may be here before you are ready. At the same time, olean up the runs and walks. |