Show II 1 lines will never get Ion hnrd for Ills 1 faithful hen to rain h I r llv n i > n nntlr fI if To ilnr Tho magnificent hen men Iniley weighing elRht to ten pounds antI pro I dttclng twdvc to fourteen dozen of eggs early Is I not an accident soil Ir 0 M Twitched before tho Massachusetts Massa-chusetts tioird of agriculture some ear ago Bile has been evolved out of tho brain and hand of man throuRh crnturlca of breeding oath ffedlnu Ixft to UR native state tho product would be only what la I necessary to perpetuate the specie Tile poultry man of today hiss learned that the matter of feed Is far more Important commercially than breed True we have varieties tint are better adapted to extensive egg production than others > et tho laying at rugs depends altogether upon tho quality of ration the hens of an > breed get Scientific men tell us that nn egg Is I an ounce nnd n half of concentrated food made 1111 of lime coda sulphur Iron phos Phortis mnxnesln all und albumen Tlio hen la tIle mill to grind tnn one tho crop tile hopper and the egg tho rrlst livery I particle of the erg > olk albumen nnd hell mutt come from tho assimilated food through the blood cells J vvo give n fatty or heating mImI wo check egg prodttc tlon bccaiiM Ibo proper materiel Is I miming Coin contains 85 per cent fat nnd heat elements hence Is I no IBB food We must not gtiago iconoriy by clionpnors Corn may bo the climp I eat ration an far no dollars and cent I are concerned In hIs market value but It undoubte lly Is I n dear cIt food for I It cannot produce what Is I wanted Tanner have the 0Id that corn will i roako eggs and for proof refer lo the fact that I their hens get nothing I elri but they forget to note that their I stock I ore allowed perfect freedom that they gather much In their foragIng trips Worms burs grass wheat oats and whnt not arc to bo found on the dully trips of tho feathered trIbe Bo It Is I not tho corn but tho variety of other feed tbo hens collect that make the fKRf and the former nets the credit The cheapest egg food then Is I that which gives the most eggs auch a quantity of food too as will be thoroughly thor-oughly digested and nnslntllatcd All this science antI knowledge thy poultry I man of today bus gleaned nnd he Is keeping on learning IJi |