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Show POULTRY NOTE8. Hl When n hon Is In full laying her' H comb is full and bright rod. Appotltes must bo ntildlod. Fowla. differ In this ns much ns do human 9 beings. H To endonvor to keep n flook on a H single-grain dlot will Boon brood all H sorts of trouble. Deforo ono attempts to ralso chick- H ens In a brooder ho should tnko lea H sonn from tho mother hon. H Tho beginner should spend n yoar H or moro In tho enro of poultry boforo H ho enn hopo to bo n learned poultry H Thero nro almost ns many ways and, H mothodn of feeding nnd caring ns H thero nro localities whoro turkoys aro jH ' For stamina In tho offspring, and H especially In mnrkot poultry culturo It H la host to Introduce now blood every H or H Frobnbly In no lino of genoral or H special farming Is tho working oqulvn H lent so poor us In the nvorago ban" ' H dling of poultry. H No matter how small tho birds may H be, they should linvo access to boiuo H kind of grit. Thoy will begin to pick H nt It nftor thoy nro n day old. H Thoro la nothing which hlndors tho H growth of tho poults moro than pnra- H sites, which Increnso ' very rapidly H when tho poults aro conllnod to Binall H Ono of tho most dlfllcult propoBl- H tlons In feeding young chicks la to H know how to place tho food boforo H thorn so thoy can purtako of It with H out soiling It. In buying stock olthor pullots or yearling hens should bo soloctod. Whero It Is Intended to curly Incubato H tho eggs yearling hens would bo bot- rl tor than pullots. - r " H Old nnd young chickens to bo sold H for mnrkot purposes will bring much 1 moro If thoy nro confined In elosa Hfl qunrtcro for n wool; or moro and fed H heavily during tho tlmo. H Equipment ror properly caring for M chicks pays In, a very largo way. This M may consist of brooders, coops, drink- M Ing vossols, chick feeding coops and M numerous other things for tho host wolfaro of tho young of tho flock, M With good equipment poultry hooping M may bo nuulo u good success. M |