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Show PRACTICAL HINTS FROM POULTRY YARD Vermin Increase in Cold Weather as Rapidly as During Summer -Give Turkeys Wide Range. (By E. J. MILLER.) Don't stop tho war on the lice Just because tho weather is cold. If you have them down, keep them down. They will not lncroaso so fast in the cold weather, and that Ib the time to exterminate them. mmm m When you dug tho potatoes did you savo tho small ones for tho hens? Thoy are very fond of them when boiled and mixed with a little bran. A mess of them fed once in a while makes a variety, and is a treat. Have the runts and defectlvo fowls been culled? They are only a bill of expense, and tho loss occasioned by their keep is usually charged to tho flock as a whole, which is unfair. This should be charged to your own neglect. neg-lect. To keop up the vigor and utility of your flock, the undesirables muBt bo disposed of, so there will bo no danger of their eggs being sot in the spring. I Keep tho houses and runs clean. It will savo trouble later In keeping tho fowls healthy. Now that tho fowls cannot help thomsolves to bugs, and grasses, and seeds, these.'or their equivalent, must bo supplied, especially if tho poultry is confined. Thoy must bo carefully watched and their wants attended to. Tho henB must bo kept quiet to in? suro good digestion. UnlesB you intend to raise poultry for exhibition purposes, thoro is no need of buying fancy birds at high prices, to start or improvo a flock. What Is called utility stock is much better (.kfor practical purposes. Alrsjjlked Umo sprinkled on tho floor under the roosts, and on the drorb ping boards, will help to keep thei place healthy and the air pure. j Utility stock Is Just as pure-bred), often stronger, and Just aa good lik every way as tho show birds, oxcepjt that they aro lacking in somo point ol'f color or marking, which disqualifies' them for tho show pen. Many people say turkeys Bhould bo restricted In thoir range, but wo do not believe It. We havo raised many turkoys, and have alwayB found that tho wldor the rango tho better they thrivo. It Is stated that eggs laid by certain cer-tain Leghorn heus aro GO per cent larger than eggs contributed by tho Gamo and Hamburgs, as 30 dozen of tho lattor nro found to weigh 30 pounds, whilo tho same number of tho former weigh 54 pounds; both, however, bring tho same prlco on the market. |