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Show 1 Don't sll cracked or very small t'ftKS. Grit and oyster sheila should not b forgotten. You can gain two or three cents a down by shipping your own eggs. ' A filthy hen house la the best breeding plaee for lice and mites. If you want eggs In winter we must breed from hens that lay In winter. The Idea that water Is necessary to any one who cares to raise ducks Is a mistake. In fly season, keep netting over the egg basket, aa fly-specked eggs are not Inviting. Stale bread thoroughly dried and rolled Into fine crumbs is excellent chicken food. It Is time for questions about getting get-ting fowls to come down out of treea and roost in houses. Careless and Indifferent systems of feeding are often the cause of poor milk yields and small profits. It Is absurd to expect pullets to lay during the early winter when they were not hatched until June or July. fcpgs during the hot weather should bo removed from the nests at once and placed In the coolest spot In th houso. There should be provided plenty of fresh clean water to drink, preferably water from which the chill baa been taken off. Cabbage heads or mangles make an acceptable green feed for them to pick up. alFo apple and potato parings are mm h rellt-hed. In summer time atl eggs marketed should be infertile. Put h a condition ran only exist after the males bate been removed from the flocks. Many beginners make the mlstaka of not specializing In aome way In eggs, for example, or In pure-bred stock There la no reason why l&a two shouU sot be combined. |
