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Show POULTRY NOTES. The shady nooks are relished by tbe bene. Lime water Is a healthy drink for young turkeys. Iet your young chicks have all the sunlight possible. I?e sure that tbe ducklings have plenty shade and water. A portable poultry house Is an ad mlrable arrangement for young turkeys. tur-keys. Kaffir corn Is an excellent ration fot poultry if fed In connection with other feeds. ClesnHnepB Is an essential sanitary condition for all animals, but particularly particu-larly so for birds. Scraps from the kitchen are not very acceptable to turkeys. They like all their food fret-b. Keep the dust box supplied with nice clean dust, and see that the grit box Is never empty. It Is always undeelrable and unnecessary unnec-essary to feed condiments to hens to stimulate them to lay. Do not hold cockerels for market too long after they reach tbe weight of four or five pounds. Oyster shell is absolutely tbe best shell maklng food for tho bens. Keep It before them constantly. The poultry house should be constructed con-structed with a view to Its frequent, easy and thorough cleaning. It Is best never to attempt to bring turkeys up In tbe muck yards, or let them associate with old fowls. One of the first problems which tbe poultryman Is called upon to solre is tbe location of tbe poultry plant. A ten dollar rooster Is generally cheaper than a two dollar one. The good blood will tell tbe second year Tbe ventilation of tbe poultry bouse should be provided for in sucb w ay that draughts of air will not strike the llrds. Tbe roost and nest boxes should be movable, so that all parasites w hich collect upon them may be reached and destroyed. Tbe conditions required for the maintenance of health and vigor In a Sock of fowls are similar to what axe required for other acluiaia. |