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Show ipOULTRTNOTECl , jfrT.T." , . I nwmJ It requires very little more time to care for two Incubators than one. Eggs, for successful Incubation, should not be over two weeks old at the most. Purebred poultry costs more than the other kind, but brings better prices when sold. If you cannot trap-nest all your 1 dock this spring, try trap-nesting the breeding pen at least. When the chicks can get away from It at will, plenty of bent under tho hover Is a good thing, i The trouble with most farmers Is that they wait too long before mar- ketlng their ducks and geese. One of the most potent reasons for , chicks dying In the shell lies back of the egg In the parent stock. Just one setting of thoroughbred egs may be the means of working a ) revolution In your poultry business. I In starting In the squab business one should not let color and fancy t fads precede size and breeding quail-i quail-i ties. An up to date poultry breeder of 5 utility strains will think of getting i along without trap nests of some i form. Eggs that are Imperfectly turned or that do not get enough airing and t stirring will be weak at hatthlng r time. It Is said that Poston consumes f more turkey In proportion to popula- (Ion than any community In the Vnlon. i- The fowls that scratch and work ure usually the ones that lay. The 1 others are the drones and the drones r don't pay. r He sure that the new hen house Is n located where the drainage Is good, and not In a place, where water will r stand for any length of time a Plan to raise a fine fie k of general e purpose standard bred birds this sea- I ion. They will yield much more satisfaction sat-isfaction and profit than a mixed i flock. f The chick that has been exercised II well during Incubation as the ben ex i erclses them while within the shell ' will prove strong enough to break Mit of bis shell at hatching time. |