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Show Poultry Gleanings Damp litter in the hen house is likely to result from over-crowding. Sunflower seed Is grown on a commercial scale near Clarendon, Texas, for chicken feed. Eggs preserved in water glass should have a pin hole punctured In their shells before they are boiled. New Hampshire Reds, a relatively relative-ly new breed of chickens, resemble resem-ble the standard Rhode Island Reds. Finely chopped green onion tops are a tonic for growing chickens, turkeys or game birds and can safely safe-ly be fed daily. Cockerels that are to be kept or sold as breeders should be leg-banded. Young stock not good enough to winter should be marketed. If hens are to be kept in good health they must have dust-baths. Parasites are responsible for lowering low-ering the egg supply. Rye is not liked by fowls. If used at all, It should be fed In very limited amounts. Barley, knflr corn and buckwheat are grains that may he used In the ration. A perfectly good, fresh ejrg shows full and clear before the light; j there is almost no air cell at the lar?re end and the yolk outline is only faintly discernible. The use of a pood grade 01 cod I liver oil has proved most henefl-1 henefl-1 c!al for poultry. Unless the hest j snides are used, however. Us bene- ricial effects are missing. I ... |