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Show ,, ..... I ,ll,.. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 I I 1 1 1 M- ' Poultry Hints 1iii1i ,, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i-i-i 1 nmw Otls. when first .-.tnrted, make excellent ex-cellent forage for chicks. . Pullets' eggs- usually do not bring as high a price on the market as do bens' eggs; therefore, it Is to tlie advantage ad-vantage of the ponltrymnn to bring the eggs up to normal size as soon as possible. Grain, oyster shell and water are othei essentials in a laying ration. Milk Is an excellent poultry feed and may he substituted for one-half the meat scraps fn the mash. If It Is kept before the hens nil .he time. Alfalfa Is an Ideal pasture for poultry. poul-try. It is perennial and probably offers of-fers the most nourishment of all the plants von might grow Good Thanksgiving turkeys are well fed and fattened A fat turkey carries car-ries a great deal of flesh and the meai is of higher nullity. There Is so little dlllerence In the merits oi the While Rocks and Rarred Rocks that few -lerts would venture to recot'i nend one In preference the-, ther. Egg size can be Increased, quite often, by feeding milk in some form. If skim milk Is plentiful on the farm, It Is advisable to mix a wet mash with milk Instead of water. Milk may also he provided In the drinking fountains. foun-tains. There Is nothing which will improve the quality of summer eggs more than the production of Infertile eggs. This means that all roosters should be re moved from the breeding flocks Just as soon as batching eggs nre no long er needed. |