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Show l raising and i egg production. ,) poultry holh for homo K4totM He t rn country .. lttn foun'1 5 iMfiM in ",',r"ns , '.1 I think a dry poultry , Hc " nf mnrC lm' 'HiinitM""'- D-in,",n"9 (norlo "" anything rnd to ont-n.1 with "itmlcrowillnt.lnaiimiill, Hilar!"" r liiun they will Hj that l "'""I' J "ke tt 'tulnwr ' wps l. ' ' for ,ort 1 Hi for elRht) li ns Eighty fl t like to kpep " "n" H.,hM 1'" one window or B m the south ' Wo of the .tljbett M hivo one In wthoimr orn the uy lcemfi from fifn If ou II It Hi" north Have the .manor n tli in In sum- i screen or Mire or slats u kfn "ul intruden, In ipadln k i n ny o" it but I hi ncvu hid n eed If u nr raising for . chow th n" ou like ire ralniriK fornnrkel take itiellshe tin irar market, exf tin-, to s, II the orbs relsanv dllf mure In the il h r i h t In telling in r lirse egga will t th he t prl' At the ino ihtf -en n In pi Ice If (re'h Errall one hi Inn ns ones Never offer tn Fell 1 (Inn one ml 5011 will he best prlc i common hens Black nrcan W hlle llnsecnmb. Black Flngleromb, Leg-tid Leg-tid Park Ilrnhmis, Oilier Black breaited and lled-ec, lled-ec, fcllver Strangled Hum- trested Blick Polish, 1 Games anl Barred Ply. The n mouth Bocks are e itl have hul them flf-ni) flf-ni) durtnfr this time 1 ti led 1. keeping them sep into then lhrc- or four jears, "Ifiem a fair trlil. and I I f'y except he HnmlmrRS rei were too lender When grown they werfi ! bcit f d if j nit only lotfeetl hut I like to boll land dnln them dry then throw on tho Rround every other day, and I nlwayg burn nil the meat bones I tan Ret nnd feed my chlckena Lettuce la Rood In summer and cabhige leases In winter. Onions nie healthj for the thickens, but make the esgs taste bad Fresh meat Is conil If jou only feed 11 little, but If you feed any amount roK-ulaily roK-ulaily the eggs will hae bloody spots In them. Ulead crunihs nnd turdled milk are Bond for little rhliks When curs are thenp In Aumist I don't feed my hens, but let them hunt their IMnir Thn when 1 want them to tommenie laylnir I feed nil the will eat and sometimes the will leae the grain on thn Riounil. In this wn I noei-foll to Ret winter egRs. I nm never afraid of feeding too much In cold weather. Al-wnjs Al-wnjs Rlc fiesh water, dlehwater or milk twlre h day. To break hens from settlnR put In a coop where they can see the other hens feed nnd water well four diys On the fifth day don't Rive them any breikfaU Hnd turn out ntter the othei hem have ate. They will neniy nhns hunt for feed nnd go on the roost at nlpht In unking n start In the poultry business bus-iness buv thickens that aie free from lice or hntch Incuhitor chicks. I have belter luck with setting hens but would use nn Incubator tn Ret a start rather thin have lice, even If I did not raise a hilf-dozen chicks the first jear I have raised a fair per cent of Incubator chicks but found them more trouble than with hens. It will pay any one who Is Rolng tn raise chickens with nn Incubator to ko to the experiment station sta-tion or In some poultry innch where In-cuhitnrs In-cuhitnrs nro used and learn how to lun them hefoie hujlng one. If hens nre set don't set more eggs thnn the hen enn cover well. Krom thirteen to sixteen six-teen Is a Rood number for most hens I'ratked wheat nnd scaled corn meal will do tn feed the little chicks If there nio not crumbs enough for them. In winter I havi n loid of giavel put In the coops and on the binklng outside I Ilk" a log house and I have had fiee range fot my chickens most of the time but kept them In nrds Ave ears at one time. When they have a free range they hunt most of their feed all summer. When 1 had them arded, as Mion as the birlej was ripe I had a load stacked In the yard nnd made them scratch foi feed until eggs got high When they were In the jards they could not bother the house nr garden, hut hail to he gttended to more regularly I alwas gatner the eggs three or four times a diy nnd never am tioubled with hens eating eggs. , In wfiiter when very cold I hang a lantern In each house This save frozen combs nnd the chickens come off the roosts and eat early mornings where thre Is a light, and exerrlse more when the dajs are shorter They lay better If they get plenty of exercise exer-cise CKNTKNNIAI, |