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[In accordance with our policy of making 

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 service to our readers, we have, at the re- 

 quest of a number of our readers, started a 

 poultry column in thds issue. This is to be 

 a regular feature of our magazine. Poul- 

 try and horticulture go well together. There 

 is, perhaps, nothiTig which will more quickly 

 rid a piece of garden of the troublesome 

 white grubs or of other Insects than poul- 

 try. Even the man who has but one lot in 

 the city may keeip a few hens and thus 

 supply his famiily with eggs which have not 

 yet lost their freshness. Our notes on poul- 

 try will not be written with the large com- 

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 suggestions will apply to the larger plants. 

 Our object, however, ds to give information 

 suited to the man with a small flock of 

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Repairing. 



If not already attended to, go over the 

 poultry quarters and see that they are made 

 comfortable for winter. An open crack too 

 near the roosts, may undo all the season's 

 work in raiising the young stock, by start- 

 ing a cold in the fowl that is nearest the 

 draught. This cold usually develops into 

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 roasting right outdoors in a storm. Stop 

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Profits. 



Try estimating the profit on a hen for a 

 year In this way : See if one egg a week 

 from a hen all the year round, will pay for 

 her feed. If so, then if .she lays two eggs 

 a week on an average, there will be 52 eggs 

 clear profit. If .she is a 150 egg hen and 

 lays three eggs a week, she has given you 

 104 eggs or 8 2-3 dozen as her profit. Spe- 

 cialists who breed and feed for eggs, have 

 produced the 200 egg hen, so that allowing 

 more than an egg a week, or one-quarter of 

 her product, she has given at least ten 

 dozen eggs more than the value of her food. 

 At an average of 30c a dozen this shows a 

 margin of $3.00 on the profit side in favor 

 of the 200 egg hen. 



Keep Poultry Busy. 



The most important point to be observed 

 when keeping fowls in confinement is to 

 keep them Industriously at work. This is 

 the golden rule in managing fowls in large 

 numbers, and is the key to sticcess. Make 

 them scratch for thedr food. 



Feather Eating. 



Feaither pulling is usually caused by a 

 fowl getting a scratch from which blood 

 gets on the feathers. The others discover 

 this, and in the craving for meat, one of 

 their natural foods, they attempt to eat it 

 and the feather comes out. They quickly 

 find that the root of the feather is soft and 

 meaty, and go back for more, till the habit 

 gets established. It is generally a well 

 (grain) fed flock that gets its feed where it 

 is quickly picked up, and has nothing to do 

 till next feeding time, that develops this 

 bad habit. When first noticed remove the 

 fowl tliat is being plucked and see that Its 

 wound is healed and wa.'ihed clean before 

 it is put back. Give fresh cut bone, if pos- 

 sible, or meat in some form. Feed in deep 

 litter where the hens must work busily most 

 of the time to get their feed. 



Markets. 



This a good time to arrange for a good 

 market. Eggs are scarce, and retailers or 

 private consumers will be glad to contract 

 at a good price for a regular supply. 

 Provide Water. 



Over ninety per cent, of the egg is 

 water, so that water is of great importance 

 to the laying hen. She must have it, and 

 if you are particular about the quality of 

 your eggs, give her plenty of good, clean 

 water in dean utensils. 



Grading Your Hens. 



It will pay you to study your flock and 

 find out which are the layers. The busy 

 hen that is first off the roost in the morn- 

 ing, and last to get on it at night, can be 

 counted on as doing her share for the egg 

 basket. 



That drone that wants her feed on a 

 trough where it will be no trouble to fill up, 

 and then squats around till next feed, had 

 better be used for next Sunday's dinner, 

 or go to market in the next batch of culls. 

 She is eating her head off. Your house 

 should accommodate only the profitable 

 layers. It is not fair to them to charge up 

 the food of the lazy sister to them. 



