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Show PoultpyNotes Young chicks may be kept dry and warm. The early broilers always command the best market. Little chicks will not thrive If penned pen-ned in a small enclosure. A hen needs nearly seven times more fresh air in proportion to her size than does the horse. Selecting the hens according to their laying qualities is to some poul- trymen a hard proposition. Any one keeping poultry must, of course, have houses to protect them, from cold or stormy weather. Fowls intended for market should be cooped for a week or two and fed all the rich food they will eat. Fine gravel is not the proper grit for poultry. They want a sharp material mate-rial with which to grind their food. The incubator should be located i a room where the temperature does not vary much during the day or night. Eggs will become fertile in from four to six days after mating. The effect of mating will continue several months. It Is necessary to feed the breeding breed-ing ducks liberally, yet at the same time feed so as to keep them active and healthy. Poultry houses which have cracks in their sides or leaky roofs should be covered with some kind of prepared roofing on both roof and sides. Chicks sheltered from the weather and given plenty of good water will find much of their feed, and prove the most profitable crop on the farm. Remember thf.t the early broods must at all times have a dry place and room to exerv-ise when the weather weath-er will not permit them to go outdoors. |