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Show POULTRY NOTES. t Don't Bell dirty eggs. I Select a breed popular In your lo i -sllty. i Buy your stock from some one who I tas bred the same variety ror several I rears. He will understand the breed I It Is often cheaper to adopt the I ireed to suit the conditions than to 'hange the conditions to suit the 1 ireed. Keep pure bred stock. It costs no nore to feed and care for It, and there s a satisfaction that la Impossible with nongrcl stock. f It is easier and cheaper to produce c inlform white eggs than brown eggs of I he same shade of brown. t Crowding, inexperience and working t iltb too little capital are the great t auees of failure In the poultry bust s less. J It your hens are shut up are they t ettlng plenty or green food? It Is c eceesary If yov want good results. t Whenever yon plan to build, whether 1 t be bouse, barn or chicken mop, take f ote or what sort of drains you can et In tbe location you choos-- Cook some beans or peas, inix them itn wheat bran and feed tlie a week nd see ir you don't get a kit more d M i Be watchful ror rasea of roup and " olate the fol as soon as ebe gives vtdences of having tbe disease. li Oood time now to dispose of those h urplus non-layers if they are not all one o There's no excuse for dirty eggs, f nd they 1-eve a bad Impression In the ilnd of the buyer Leaves make a good litter for the ens to scratch In. Just as road duat ill make a good dirt Mth. p Ashes are a good thing to scatter n round the poultry yard. " Don't get the Idea that lice wir eese In the co'.d winter months, bo" . rep everlastingly after the ox f |