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Show POULTRY HINTS It is good business lo hatch chicks early. Male birds with large combs are most apt to become frosted after they are wet In hauling eggs to the market, do not expose them to the direct rays of the sun. The poultry flock must be properly prop-erly fed In order that a good job of culling may be done. A standard incubator which will successfully hatch chicken eggs should hatch the turkey eggs with equal success. Many have been used successfully. Where they are to be sold as green ducks at ten to twelve weeks, the young ducks nre usually not allowed al-lowed to range but are fed heavily from the first. The beginner should not expect too much from an incubator. Many experienced poultry men are satisfied sat-isfied with an average of 50 per cent hatches for the season. Often ducks make a very disagreeable dis-agreeable puddle around the drinking drink-ing fountain. A good device to prevent pre-vent ducklings from forming such a puddle is a wire covered frame. All parts of the incubator should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. disin-fected. One per cent formalin can be used. Then level the machine and regulate carefully to the desired de-sired temperature. Poultry raisers not being fortunate fortu-nate to have clover, alfalfa or other green feed ranges, or those wishing to plant green feed for summer use in their poultry runs, will find Sudan Su-dan grass very good. |