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Show jpOILMNOrEC 9 Feed lime and charcoal liberally. ' Do not breed from fowls that an 1 too old. 1 Millet seed Is an excellent egg pro duelng grain. Many poultrymen raise lettuce Jus1 for hen feed. An incubator will not trample 01 and break the eggs. A few undesirable eggs will low el the price of a whole crate. Cut clover hay has helped revolu tlonlze the poultry business. Feeds rich In protein should mak up a large part of the ration. s A male bird Is past bis best stag after be has seen two breeding sea j Kins. A lousv hen never thrives and dailj g atentlon should be given to keep llc r and mites down. Alfalfa, green or the dry leaves, pro f duces an Ideal color in the yolk wher i the hens have an abundance of It. All eggs us'd for eating should b from hens that have no male bird i running with thera. Buch eggs ar Infertile. rj It will pay the rultry grower tr t make a careful study of the color and quality of yolk that Is demanded bj t the high-class trade, and then learr b how to produce it. The poultryman should endeavor U t feed all that the hens will consume i and return a profit for It. and skll and experience are necessary U do termlne this amount. U Kggs are bought by the dozen, bul I the poultryman who alwaya market large, heavy ggs soon gets a premi I tim of 5 cents or more a doen above t the price for ordinary eggs it The wisdom of giving the fowls i well balanced ration may not appea: I I to many, but a practical demonstra I tlon of what the well balanced ratios ' j will do will convince the most ikep . tlcal. |