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Show IDOjOgr NQTECj I A lock on the henhouse may save some of your best stock. i Coops and brooders should be dls- , Infected often and thoroughly. There Is no better thing to use , about the roosting quartera than plenty of air slacked lime. An unfertile egg Is worth Just at much as any other but It must be found out before set upon. Rape will stand a good deal of freer ! Ing and Is often In good condition un i til near the end of the year. ' If you have, good stork you csn always find a market for It. and If It la not good It will pay you to make It so. ' Filthy houses, runs or ysrds In- vlte disease, while cleanllnes Is one ' of the roads to healthy fowls and ; success. A small quantity of wild onions waa ' fed to some laying hens and In about ; two week an onion flarvor was noticed I In the eggs. Hang cabbages In the pens for the hens to pick at. also raw livers. If they can reach these too easily shorten short-en the strings. There Is no better pets for the boys and gtrls than well bred pigeons Fsns. Pouters, Tumblers. Magpies Owls. Homers, etc. The last meal of the aay la tae most Important now and It should be warm and substantial as It prepares the hen for the duties of the next day. There Is a profit In selling eggs on almost any market If the business Is properly conducted; but there Is no big money without special markets. Underfeeding chickens Is aa bad as overfeeding. Give them enough to live on comfortably whether we provide enough to lay eggs on or not Wbea you mark a crate of eggs "strictly fresh" mean what you say Bund back of every egg you offer for sale. That Is what builds up repu tatlon. . w |