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Show POULTRY NOTES. In feeding either sweet or sour milk Ik- sine- vhe troughs are clean. Nests should be kept comparatively comparative-ly dark ami as clean us possible. Turkeys should not he allowed to roost Iu the poultry bouse; with thickens. thick-ens. Htiglit red combs and wattles usually usu-ally indicate a thrilty and healthy flock. Make the laying hens feel comfortable comfort-able and contented, and they will do better. I'letity of sunlight Is essential In poultry quarters. Darkness Is conducive con-ducive to disease. Ik) you keep an et;g record? Itegln now- If you have never done it before. Set down the number you get every day. All chickens that contract stubborn or contagious disease should he killed If they do not yield to treatment with reasonable ease. Sloppy mashes are not good for f.edlng chickens continually, and if used excessively will lead to weakened weak-ened constitutions and dlseas among the flock. Train your fowls to run towards you instead of running from you with fright every time you come around. It Is more pleasurable, and alBo pays lu dollars and rents I!glnners should not start by try lng to raise several different kinds of poultry. lietter confine the efforts to one variety, and then bave those strictly first-class. Nearly all tbe successful iu!try ralwrs make a specialty of only one or two varieties. They find that course Is more profitable than to experiment ex-periment with a half doen or nior breeds. Many who embark In poultrv raising rais-ing think It Is only a pleasant pas time. Those w ho are rxperiem ed. however, know that, like any other profitable Industry. It requires skill and experience. With these qualifications qualifica-tions tber is nooj la it uosl sur U. |