Show poultry notes clean ground Is the most lin important item in raising chicks successfully a 0 0 mate the flocks three weeks before hatching eggs are desired to insure a high per cent of fertility keep the water containers in the poultry 10 itry house above aboe the floor to prevent contamination from litter serious cases of feather plucking have been traced to lice infestation and an examination of one or two birds will provide information on this point where such a state exists the remedy Is obvious houses located and built to promote sanitation provide comfortable comtoi table moe quarters tet with fresh air and to admit direct sunlight unfiltered through ordinary glass lass add materially to the c content of the owner it Is quite probable that the pullets will lay enough more eggs when kept by themselves to compensate tor for hii i few less eb eggs gs the hens will lay if allowed to range in winter I 1 a a flock owners who tra priest some ot of I 1 their layers will want to mal make e sure i that the birds get credit tor for every egg I 1 that Is laid anyone with experience knows thai where pullets and hens bens ire are housed to gether ether the pullets pullet fall to develop as well as when kept by themselves where they are to be sold as greeni ducks ut at ten to twelve weeks the young ducks are usually not allowed to range but are fed heavily from the arst iree free range on ground that Is clean still and free front from disease li sease producing or la Is much better tor for hens than confinement tn in houses it if the poultry house holise Is in good con ditlow put the pullets in it in september it if it Is dirty nud find full ot of mites leavi leav them out |