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Show Kggs now are at tbelr highest. The best breed is one that suits one'a purpose best, A little salt and pepper mixed with, the mash Is good for the hens. Hens must be fed, and fed a long time, before the eggs win come. Rreeding turkeys can be profitably kept up to the fifth and sixth year. The cost of feed for gresie Is small, compared with that for other market fowls. When at all Indisposed, a turkey should be separated from the rest ot the flock. Ducks and gese require deep drinking drink-ing vessels, especially If reared and kept on land. A hen. like a human being, needs to be made comfortable in order to do the best work. As soon as the breeding season la over the male birds should be separated sep-arated from the hens. The business of cxir domestic ben Is to produce rlenty of eggs and we must feed ber for them. Itegln to select your breeders for next year and cull out and sell those that you have not room for this winter. |