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Show The best producers are not always the best market fowls. Gentleness counts much with chickens, chick-ens, as it does with other birds and animals. The necessity for fresh air has led to the great popularity of the open front houses. All brooders and brood coops should be thoroughly cleaned and put away for the winter'. Hot mashes on cold days are on the feeding program of many successful poultry raisers. Eggs and fowls used in the home should be credited at market prices. This is only fair. When the white of an egg is watery it shows that one is not feeding a good, well-balanced ration. Chickens should have good food and plenty of it, as well as clean, fresh water and clean coops. This is a good time to figure up accounts ac-counts for the year and see what the chicken business has done for us. Young geese are not to be picked the first year, unless you sell them dressed, a very difficult thing for the novice to do. The things which are Important In the poultry business are the things which are deemed the least important by the big raisers. To keep poultry from roosting over feed mangers and other places tha' ought to be kept clean, nail a smnl' wire four Inches above the board |
