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Show More and Better Hens Farmers' wives formerly looked upon the poultry flock as merely a means of fetter providing for the family table, j'with possibly' a little "pin money" from the surplus chickens and eggs. For these purposes it was not thought that any particular care was necessary In the selection of breeds or in the handling han-dling of the flock. But ' the idea is fast being discarded and the thrifty home-maker now looks upon her poultry as an important source of cash income. She has found ;hut it is little more trouble to have a big flock than it is to have a small flock, and the big flock is a moneymaker. money-maker. Not only does she have larger flocks nowadays, but she has better stock and amploys scientific methods in her poultry poul-try raising. More attention is given to proper feeding and sanitation; poor layers are culled out; infertile eggs are produced and they are marketed clean, jraded according to size and color. Good-sized flock of pure-ored chick-ins chick-ins affords one of the most dependable sources of farm income. |