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Show WINTER CARE OF CHICKENS j Breeders and Promising Pullets Sep- i atated From Utility Stock Warm j Meal Fed at Noon. I November 1 finds me busy looking to my houses, tbe window kukIics, etc., ' spreading dry earth In the pens, so i that my pets may be comlortable riur- J tng tbe winter. Ily this time I bat culled and arranged my stock lor tbe ' winter so that I have birds of about ' the name age, together with my breeders breed-ers and promising pullets, separated from my utility Hock, the cockerels, of course, by themselves, nays a writer in the Onuige Judd Farmer. The morning meal, thrown In the litter, lit-ter, for the utility pullets ia made up of wheat one ounce, oats and barley one-fourth ounce each. Three noons of each week they are fed ono ounce or green cut bone each, anil the remaining re-maining noon a max!) or onehulf chopped feed, oats and corn, and onehulf one-hulf bran at the rate of one ounce each, dry weight. The evening meal consists of one half ounce each of wheat, cracked corn and barley, except ex-cept In extreme cold weather, when nothing but cracked corn la ted. Male birds ami breeding pen le-males le-males g"t for breakfaat one half ounce each of wheat, corn and oats; at noon, raw vegetables; at night, one half ounce each or corn and tints, again Fuhstltutlitg corn In very cold weather. weath-er. These fowls get one ounce of green cut bone once a week, and all stock get raw cabbage and mangels every day. The ration tor the utility stock I consider a forcing ration: In the two winters 1 have uxed It I have obtained a little more than a dozen eggs eaeh during December, January nnd February. March Is usually a banner month for eggs. The much is not a good one, but Ih the best I can use at noons with the short time at my dlKposHl. Noon Is the time I wIku my birds to have a warm meal. I keep down vermin by whitewashing whitewash-ing twice a year, giving the birds road dust for a bath, and putting tobacco j uterus In the nests. The male birds 1 i dust frequently with a good Iouko j powder. My plan of feeding I realize j la not Ideal, It Is cuttclHed by local I poultrymen. but I give It, as It may be of use to someone elHe. |