Show FOOD VALUE OF MANY though nearly half hall water their content contents are extremely nutritious comparison Comp arlton with meat many persons otten often ask what 14 ess egg Is 1 made of but strange to say few ever find out to their entire lath latis faction fiction A teat test at the department of 0 sericulture sari culture shows that the white 0 of ar a egg Is 1 nearly seven eighths water the balance being nearly pure al albumen burnelL the yolk is lightly slightly lesa loss than one half water this 1 Is true 0 of the egg eggs of chickens turkey turkeys ducks and geese la comparing the eggs of 0 these various birds the department of agriculture quotes the following figures hen eggs 60 50 per ceal cen water ig 0 per cent protein 36 per r it fat goose eggs 44 per cent water I 1 11 per cent protein 36 per cent fat duck egg eggs 46 per cent water IT 11 per cent protein 36 per cent fat turkey eggs 48 pc cent water ater it per cent cont protein 33 per cent fat fal of course farmere farmers understand that protein goes to make ciscle and ena blood while fat ie in fuel for running the machinery of the body thus it ill III be icen ocen that eggs though halt or nearly h half 11 water are extremely nutritious containing contat ning all the elements retired tor for the building and support of the body there Is no truth however la to the old that an am egg contain contains as much nutriment as a pound ot steak it would be nearer correct to estimate a pound of eggs as being equal to a pound of lean steak la in nutritious value MAKE PERCHES MITE PROOF made or 24 stuff there Is no placa for little meets insects to hide kerosene doe does work thu simplest constructed perch we w can get g if it it gives given satisfaction should be th out it to build there la is nc no place for the mites to hide bide even should they get on these perches the th perches are made of az stuff with one edge rounded the pieces thai that form the support for the perche perches an are of the same material as the perche perches also that c the legs which are on one foot long V ich makes the perche perches 18 19 inches from the floor high for convenience and not so high that when fowls jump from them 19 mite proof perches they will bruise their feet bumble foot broken legs or breut breast bones the legs should fit the cant cam loosely to so that in removing them tt it facilitate cleaning out the droppings the cans caus will not be overturned tt cans an should contain an inch or twi twe of at kerosene or coal oil at nil all timea and there I 1 Is a no possible chance of w mites big or little getting by industrious HEN MEN LAYS EGGS fowl should not nat be compelled I 1 to re R main idle by being cooped up in filthy quarters this hen Is in naturally industry ault on and she should not be compel compelled leil it t remain idle by being cooped up it Is dark filthy quarters where draft drafts are prevalent the floor without SOB good litter and surroundings other wise unhealthy rather encourage her to work by providing her wit good comfortable quarters construct a good scratch shed bo bul if it thie this be impossible then coni construct tract a dropping board under the roost roos tn d an place the litter upon the floor of III tin MOP permit all the light ros albis 1 scatter the grain food in the latte and ana let old biddy scratch for it to he bet hearts content avoid avold feeding moldy food and pra vide tide drinking water in plenty durant dari tha tho bitter cold weather slightly the water tor for tho the convenience of th fowls remember the working hen ben it the one that will shell shelf out the egl egge while the idle one will not lay lar varieties of ducks today we have havo 11 ne acknowledged knowledge varieties of ducks vl viz pekin ayle bury roll r indian ranner crested white white Mn icovy colored me bill wry cayuga chita call gray amy call and black bast fast indiana for real practical purposes I 1 only ow recommend the first four classes ana and in the order that I 1 hava named theal the pekin being the moat most extensively bred and probably as good as 0 an all all III round arket n duck an a there la is today but athly are the most timid and con more liable to ret rot pi stricken when raised in lit large bers says lays a writer la in an wc bange standard weight of at adult drakef draker tight eight pounds ducks seven pound pounds As A to laying qualities ano aeki are outclassed only by single breed it Is 18 a common thing tar a pekin duck daic to lay from to eggs to AL 5 lesson |