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Show Poultry Notes There are five standard varieties of domesticated turkeys. Some poultrymen put quinine on young chicks to check cannibalism. Washington hens produced 71,000,000 dozen eggs in 1933, 3 per cent of the nation's total. The old Idea that it Is best to allow turkey hens to "steal their nests" has Passed Into the discard. If all the chickens on farms In the United States were divided equally sinong the population, each person ; would receive three. ' An automatic heater for baby chicks ' "glits Itself when several chicks mount f llle platform, and economically turna ' ) "ft the heat when the chicks depart. ' Experiments at North Carolina State Allege of Agriculture and Englneer-lD8 Englneer-lD8 have shown that mash fermented "'th yeast increases and maintains eSg production. |