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Show A Few Poultry Tips KEEPING down the Hce helps the egg yield. Avoid sloppy feed for the chicks. Milk is one of the best of egg foods. Lice and chickens will not thrive together. to-gether. Change the material in the nest occasionally. occasion-ally. Best layers arc generally Indifferent table fowls. Eggs for hatching should be uniform in size and shape. Good feed and plenty of it Is one of the medicines for the fowls. 1 Wet weather and dampness mean death to young turkeys. Keep after ihe lice and mites in the nests, coops and roosts. Performance is rather to be desired in the hen than good looks. Kill off the culls. That is the only way to build up the flock. Where brooders ore used they should be kept clean, as an unclean brooder Is often the cause of great fatality among chicks. Use only the perfectly formed, smooth-shelled smooth-shelled eggs for hatching. The trap nest will enable you to get acquainted ac-quainted with your hens. Lard and coal oil will kill the largo head louse on young chicks. Eggs have a tendency to grow smaller ns the lalng se:LSon advances. Small eggs are generally the product of hens that lay tho most eggs. The se-x of future chicks cannot be determined de-termined by examining the eggs. Ducks will thrive, on a ration of cornmeal, wheat, bran and beef scr.ips. The first two weeks is the most critical period in the young chicks' lives, consequently consequent-ly they should receive extra care at that time. Faxbcr, Mo, was the birthplace of u freak duck that possessed three logs. On tho third leg" were two webbed feet. It lived a week, then decided Us means of support were too t great. |