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Show POULTRY NOTES. " 01 fc When you buy your Incubator, buy two brooders and If you can, three j Df them. r The early maturing pullet makes B the best hen to breed an egg laying strain from. c When ducks are raised for breed- M era It la a practice to set ducka upon o) their own eggs. Fine grit and charcoal are mighty () sood to have around easy of accesa ,,, tor the chlckena. Tbe ventilation of the roosting r luartera ahould come from tbe scratch- K Ing shed If possible. p Sell all the old scrub fowla and put q, tbe money Into pure bred roosters tl no matter If you do have to pay from fc i to $2S. t Remember the chlckena have on their out of doors clothes all the time r, ind will keep warm If tbelr clothes el ire kept dry. T Tbe Plymouth Rock atands at the rf bead for market fowl and for large tt 'ggs. The Rose Comb Rhode Island fc Iteda come next. fi Every masculine looking hen should la be avoided such are not good layers ti ind are not likely to be the dams b, nf good layera. v For those who wish to raise large pi Dumbera of early chlckena, or who tl keep only non sitting breeds, tbe fa brooder Is a necessity. Furnish a generous supply of nests, lor bens quarreling ovr favorite nests often break eggs In the fuaa and ft tbe broken onea are eaten. fr Food rich In protein, with a judlcl- M sua proportion of carbonaceous ele- rl ments to keep up heat and force, will tt enable a hen to lay freely. Oata. with the outer husks removed bi or softened, combined with wheat w braa. some corn, and a supply ef u: meat, make an excellent laying food, fa i |