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Show FEED FOR HENS AND CHICKS Should Not Be Compelled to Hustle for All of Their Living Home-Made Home-Made Feed Protector. The fowls should not be compelled to get all of their living, even if they have a large run, but should have at least their morning meal. Where confined con-fined in yards they must, of course, be well fed and cared for if satisfactory satisfac-tory results are expected. A feed of green stuff every day, will be much relished and helpful. An excellent method of protecting the feed and water is shown in the i - . Home-Made Feed Protector. Illustration. It is easy of construction and inexpensive, says a writer in an axobange. The writer has frequently noticed a village physician, a very busy man, who on his return from visit' ig his patients, pa-tients, past midday, will go at once to his henyard, b ackof the barn, take a look at the biddies, and then gather them an armful of green stuff from the adjoining garden and give it to them before going to his own dinner. No doubt he was himself a good liver, and in thus caring for his hens expected they, in return, would liberally liber-ally contribute to his own wants, which, of course, they did. At this time of year there will be numerous broods of chickens, and these will require more or less attention atten-tion from the time of hatching until ready for the table or market. They should be kept healthy and growing Troii! the first, as these are prime conditions con-ditions for success. |