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Show Poultry Hints Feed oyster shells to poultry. Grit, oyster shell and plenty of drinking water are necessary in the production of eggs. Feed a ration that includes a good ! egg mash, some hard grain and some j green feed, and good, clean water. I If several ordinary shipping crates are available, it is possible to fill these witli the hens that are to be culled before starting with the work. I About four o'clock in the afternoon I the hens should have all the grain they will clean up. The mash hopper hop-per should be kept open all the time. During the winter birds should eat one and one-half to two times as much scratch grain as mash, but they must eat sufficient mash to produce eggs. In all cases the amount of grain varies with flock conditions. Heavy breeds consume more feed than light breeds. Culling out the "hoarder" hnn reduces re-duces the extra teed bill and also brings in extra money through sale of noipi-'ilucei s. Poultry houses which are too high are usually cold and draft.v in winter. win-ter. This may be remedied, easily and cheaply, by putting in a straw 'oft. |