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Show I Poultry Pointers. ll 1'reserve surplus fresh eggs iu water wa-ter glass or limewater. A small number of chickens can be kept In almost any backyard. They can lie fed to a large extent, on table scraps and vegetable waste. Their eggs should make a substantial substan-tial addition to the family food supply. sup-ply. They can be boused at small expense ex-pense in piano boxes or other large packing cases. Surplus cockerels from hatchings and oi l hens will take the place of a considerable quantity of purchased meat. Separate roosters from bens after the hatching season and produce infertile in-fertile eggs. Such eggs are much more easily kept in good condition than fertile fer-tile eggs. , The greatest success in successful poultry raising for market i!mI eggs is to know your flock thoroughly, know which are the producers and get rid of th" drones. Je'ep a box of dry bran where the liens can have access to it. Feed the pullets tiot only for eggs, but for growth. They ought to keep on growing grow-ing for some time yet. |