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Show Poultry Notes Sour sklmmllk or buttermilk Is a very desirable food to give turkeys, and the feeding of dry mashes with greens Is also desirable. Feed, which Is approximately 50 per cent of the brooding cost, should be bought In large quant Hies nt cash prices to take advantage of all sav lugs. Store the feed carefully, away from rats nnd mice. iOllmlnnte waste by using elllclent feed hoppers. Poultry men producing eggs for set ting purposes with the help of artl-llclnl artl-llclnl lamplight should provide n ra lion containing green feed, cod liver oil nnd milk In Home form. The green feed may be alfalfa leaf meal, alfalfa bay. or soybeans. Thirty seven and one half pounds of eggs were laid by the winning pullet In I he western New York egg laying contest. Thai Is equivalent lo ,'HO eggs, weighing 24 ounces to the dozen, or more Hum eight limes the weight of lhi lion 1 1 1 1 1 1 laid Ihem. |