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Show POULTRY NOTES Green alfalfa, fed liberally, has been recommended for checking the death of poultry due to poor feeding. feed-ing. An Australorp hen Is said to have produced 343 eggs In 305 days under un-der strict supervision of an official laying test. n It Is time to make repairs on the old poultry houses. Being prepared pays. Somebody has said "a word to the wise is sufficient." England has a few big things In poultry Including a single-unit Incubator In-cubator holding "O.ooo eggs and turning out 20.OO0 chicks a week. Three hundred baby chicks re- ! cently flew from Florida to Colom- ! b!a, S. A., a distance of l.srx) miles. They comprised an air express shipment, ship-ment, consigned to the Colombian capital via Pan-American Airways. I |