Show faff ff ff TIMELY POULTRY HINTS prepared by the united states do department part ment of agriculture keep the hens confined to your own land dont keep a male bird hens lay just as well without a male dont overstock your land purchase well matured pullets rather then hens bens dont expect great success in hatching and raising chicks unless you have it a grass plot separate from the yard for the hens build a cheap house or shelter make the house dry and frei fre from drafts but allow for ventilation ti fowls stand cold better than dampness keep house and yard clean provide roosts boosts and dropping boards provide a nest tor for each four or five hens grow some green crop in the y yard ard spade up the yard frequently reed feed table scraps and kitchen waste also feed grain once a day reed feed a dry mash keep lions hens free from lice and the house free from mites kill and eat the hens in the foil fall when they begin to molt and cease to lay preserve the surplus eggs produced durin during the spring and summer tor for use during the f fall all and winter when eggs are scarce and high ju in price rs |