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Show Regularity in feeding shoo.id be the plan. The hen that will not scratch is not a well one. Nothing gives a cliUk a worse setback set-back than pining for food. Duck raisers pack 40 dressed ducklings duck-lings in a barrel for shipment. It Is generally estimated that brtrfl-ers brtrfl-ers shrink about a half pound when dressed. Poultrynien make a regular practice of raising roots, cabbage and lettuce for their laying bens. The best food for sitting hens Is whole corn, with plenty of pure water, wa-ter, grit and charcoal. A loafer In the hen house Is not a desirable companion for good, strong, healthy, busy hrns. If there are two totns In the flock and they don't agree, shut up one one day and the other the next. The turkey hen that ranges far from the barn Is likely to steal her nest a long ways from home. Costly houses for the poultry are not essential, but they should be warm, dry and free from drafts. Caponlzlng la performed when the birds are about two or three months old before the comb develops. Make friends of your turkey, to far as you can, and it will aid fuu considerably In carles for th m |