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Show A breeding pen shortens the route j i reaching a standard. .. If you have old plaster or ran get ' , put a pile of It near the hennery. An easy way to provide charcoal M ir the fowls Is to char oata or corn. ' Scrub fowls eat as much as pure f 'eds and do not give near the profits. The plumage may be made to shine r r mixing a little flaxseed with the ornlng meal. n Letting the litter In the scratching ' led get damp Is one way of encour- dng sickness In the flock. ' A few drop of kerosene tn the m inking water Is good for the flock hen colds are In evidence. n1 There la no better grain feed for Ju ilcks than kaflr seed. Feed whole ter chicks are a few days old. Pr Larger eggs are laid by old hens an pullets, and eegs of the older lo na produce stronger and more vlg rl ous chicks. sv Geese should not be picked while tr-; ylng. for It stop tbe egg supply. " Ith geese about one male to four tbi males la the rule, po Experts estimate that If scrubs on re discarded and only pure breeds no re used there would be an Increase cr 100 per cent. In profits. ha The man who sewed a small patch rr rye for his hens when the snow tlv is off the ground has little need to on ther about other green feed. pr Roast the egg sheila before throw, loi f them to the hens. Itoastlng brings ro t lime In the shells to the state lo coi ilch It should enter the body. op Throwing out eg sbells with a part rre the egg still attached often results ., egg eaters, aot only among the j na but with tVie half grown chicks tt( Iny bran Is a good egg food and ' , mild be kept before the hens alt fiP time Keep It In a dry place and jIa m1 It In a narrow trough sia'tetl K,f er tbe top so they can pick It out I B t cannot suit 1 , |