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Show POULTRY NOTES. Karly layers will as a rulo product j early layers. j Tho egg eases diould also be kepi 1 clean and sweet. (Jood layers bequeath their powers to their offspring. j Trap nests must be used In order to I become accurate In the wmk. j Damp floors are always sure tc ; give iwultry roup or some other dls ease. Keep the goslings confined In wet weather and cut green grassy sods and put In the pen. It is not so much a matter of breed as It Is the way the hens are handled lhat makes them prolific layers. To have strictly firsts lass egg pro iiiccrs, It Is neresmry that they b Lired exclusively for that purpose. It Is not the number of eggs wi ?et, but rsther the amount of money lhat we receive for them that counts There Is little use trying lo keer urkey chicks on a limited range. They ove to walk, and also to roost In tin Ien A lander breeding for shows in Jan jary takes jjftins that his pullets eh lot lay before the exhibitions fake t'lace. To build up a strain of great layer 'alts for as much i r i : fl '- know I dge and rare as It does let produce uperior show birds The upto-date farmer keeps only Ills breed of hen So that the egg 111 be uniform In size and co.or. whlc h ilJs to tl.eir apiKsarance and price on nany markeis. Among thorougbbrej poultry there a li'tle difference so far as their eco .f-.i,i r..ri(8 are concerned, but on i Urin, a solid, s'rong and coarse reed Is best. Ducks, above all other stock, should I lot t inbred, as Impotenry Is sure ts 1 ollow such a practice and far more i o with ducks ILan with an other I1 iaa of poultry. 1 1 |
