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Show In the Poultry Yard An egg a day does its bit toward keeping the doctor away. Both disease and worms can better bet-ter be controlled when hens are confined. con-fined. The demand for frozen poultry lb England continues at satisfactorj prices. There are three chickens on farms for each person In the United Statea. Infertile eggs, produced from flocks without males, are most satisfactory sat-isfactory for preserving purposes. Keeping only standard bred flocks for breeding Is an important factor in determining egg size, shape and color. It Is an economic waste for farmers farm-ers to rear a new flock of layers each year, disposing of the two-year-old hens becan? they will not produce enough eggs to pay their board. The rnising of a fW-k of g'-f-se Is so simple that every farmer should avail himself of the oripertimlty. The expense Is very small. The birds require very little care, either summer sum-mer or winter. |