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Show Should Discard Mongrels. Mongrel fowls should not be kept for egg production, because the eggs will be uniform neither in color nor size. This factor of itself is of enough importance to induce one to select a pure breed, even though the mongrels might possibly lay as well as the pure-bred fowls, but this is very doubtful. All houses and nests should be clean for best results. Fight lice all the year around. There are some es sentials in poultry that must be attended at-tended to. This '.s one of them. The poultry business is yet In it3 infancy and offers a good living for those who take it up as a business, carefully looking into the conditions! such as breeds, markets, location, etc. |