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Show STARTING PLACE OF POULTRY SUCCESS Harder Job Making Money With Hens Than Running Grocery Cleanliness Essential. (By B. 8. MILLER.) Tho man who tries to mako anything any-thing out of a poor flock of lions has a worso Job than making bricks without ltraw. Tho starting place of success with poultry is with tho man. If you think "anybody can mako monoy with hens" you hnvo something yet to learn. It Is a harder job than running a grocery luccessfully, and thousands of inon lava found out that that is worso than running for president. Aftor you havo found your man, or developed him out of your own material, mate-rial, get tho right kind of hons. What aro they? Tho honB you llko host, tho honB that aro from a laytng strain, ,tho hons that lay whlto eggs. Then glvo thorn a good place to live. Tho men who havo mado a go of poultry poul-try havo learned that cleanllnosB is uu absoluto essential You will havo to learn thnt too. It sounds cheap; but it you think it is, try It a slnglo season. Cleanliness is tho costliest thing about tho poultry business. Aftor that, good puro food stands high. Thoro Is on old notion that anything any-thing is good enough for a hon to eat It isn't Nothing but tho best and purest material over Bhould bo put into in-to an egg. Thero aro nusn who enn tell, or think they can, what kind of teed a hen has had just by the flavor fit tho ogg sho lays ' I This may bo carrying it protty far; but thero can bo no doubt that it takes good food to produco good eggs. And, that is tho kind you would llko If you were buying, Isn't it? Of course. Then put yourself In tho other man'q placo and think how ho looks at lt Then nover feed old, decayod badi smelling feed of nny kind. Aftor you get yqur eggs, Boll thorn In tho beBt possiblo-markot You may havo to hunt a spell for a good mats ket. It will pay. Two or threo cents a dozen moio may bo tho mark bd tweon success and failure. Nover say fail. Stick to it You can bo a winner. Bo ono! No moro sitting hons this season Boforo tho chicks wero of nny size, along would como cold weather nnd cut them down. Tho prison pen is tho place for overy hen now that wants to Bit. . Tho oftener you can sell your ogga these days the moro apt you wlljbo to hear folks yaru sell, to say, "'Thoso eggs I got of you wero flno. Bring mo somo moro!" Tho chances aro that your birds will not get bugs and Insects ono )fh for moat, oven whon thoy aro out ou range, unless you givo them now and then some. Samo way with grit Soft-shelled egg3 aro a warning to you that tho grit-box la running low. Streak It for tho bag and glvo them somo. Old hons ought to bo sortod out now and mado ready for market as soon as they lay their litter out It doesn't mako bo much difference whether your hons aro all marked up, according to tho latest 'standard ot poultry Judging. What you want to know Is, "How many egga Is that old hon laying now?" Judge hor by that and llvo up to tho result |