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Show POIMNOTECI Keep the young cblcka out of the rain and dampness. Corn, with nothing else, Is the greatest cause of no eggs. Artificial Incubation In recent years Las assumed large proportions. Over-feeding causes chicks to be inactive in-active and susceptible to disease. ' Tbe very best rule Is to watch the ; fowls and feed about all they will eat. The material used In preparing the nests for sitting bens should be fresh and clean. Ducks are very dirty about the water wa-ter pans, making the drinking water unfit for chickens. If you cannot get one this year, get a brooder and wait for tbe incubator until next season. Fowls require the equivalent of about 27 pounds of dry feed for each 600 pounds of live weight. Hens require plenty of green food, as well aa room for exercise, in addition addi-tion to liberal grain feeding. A ben that Is laying an tgg every ether day will consume considerably more food than one that Is not laying at all. Chickens and ducklings bred from immature stock have cot tbe same vigor as those whose parents were full grown. The unsanitary conditions of the coops Is the cause of the mortality of thousands upon thousands of chicks every season. ' Apply kerosene to the roosts wl'h a ' cloth or swab twice a week during the 1 umu.er or warm weather to kill the ' red spider lice. , ' There are almost as many ways and ' methods cf feeding and csring for tur- 1 leys are there are localities where they are grown. c Frequently cleaning and disinfect, tog of all the poultry quarters means r aa trouble and more profita. Ua 1 sarbolattd whltawaa. frsaiy. 1 |