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Show POULTRY SQUIBS Blackhead Is an infectious disease dis-ease which annually kills a great many young turkeys. Culling eliminates the loafers, gives more room for the layers, and cuts the feed cost, Succulent green feeds are greatly relished by poultry. They stimulate stim-ulate appetite, keep the digestive systems In good order and add bulk to the ration. It Is a good plan to make a feeding feed-ing crate Into wdilch larger or more developed birds cannot enter; this 'allows the weaker ones protection while feeding. Mites are blood suckers that are not found on the chickens. They hide under the roosfs or in cracks and crevices of the house. Grain may be fed to the laying flock once or twdce daily, depending on the system the poultry man follows. fol-lows. If grain Is fed twice daily It should be fed sparingly In the morning and liberally at night, j i Ralph Merritt's henhouse at Pembroke, Pem-broke, Mass., are two and three stories high. He discovered that the hens living In the upper stories lay larger and better eggs than those on the ground floor. Roosts for poultry houses are generally gen-erally made of 2 by 2 Inch material with the upper corners rounded. All roosts in the house should be on the same level so as to prevent j t the fowls from crowding. |