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with fresh straw so as to insure the eggs being clean. Eggs do not im- 

 prove in looks by being washed, and the best method is to keep tliem 

 clean by having the nests prepared so that they do not become stained 

 or lose the fresh appearance they have when laid. 



This pen has been specially mated up to produce prolitic layers. 



This pen has been specially mated up to produce cockerels to improve the 



size of the egg. 



Adopt a System. 



Tlie poult ry-keejier who starts in this business and wishes to become 

 a practical man niiist use a system. Book-keeping is (|uite as necessary 

 in connexion with profitable poultry-keeping as it is in any other busi- 

 ness. A cash-bojjk will indicate tlir daily receipts and oxpendifure in 



