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"DON'TS" FOR POULTRY-KEEPERS. 



Don't fail to gather eggs twice a day. 



Don't take eggs to market unless they are clean and inviting. 



Don't forget that eggs are porous, and contaminating surroundings 

 will spoil them. 



Don't forget that if a brooding hen is allowed to sit on a fertilised 

 egg for twelve hours the flavour is spoiled. 



Don't forget that the sooner eggs are marketed the better. 



Don't forget that the flavour of the egg is affected by the quality of the 

 food given to hens. 



Don't keep a male bird with hens that are not required to breed from. 

 Don't allow hens to eat decayed vegetable or animal substances. 

 Don't keep the water in the sun; it should be always sweet and clean. 

 Don't forget that sharp grit is teeth to poultry. 

 Don't feed poultry at irregular intervals. 



Don't have filthy nest-boxes; keep them limewashed, and have clean 

 hay, straw, shavings, or pine-needles in them. 



Don't fail to have two or three nest-eggs in each nest; it goes a long 

 way to prevent fowls eating their eggs. 



Don't have perches nailed, or built in step-ladder fashion, but have 

 them on a level 12 in. to 18 in. from the ground. 



Don't forget to breed from your best layers only. 



Don't fail to fill your incubator and brooder lamps daily. 



Don't send to the export depots birds that are not in good condition. 



Don't fail to work up a private trade if possible. 



Don't fail to keep a record of the eggs laid during the year. 



Don't neglect keeping fowlhouses dry, clean, and free from vermin. 



Don't fail to let plenty of sunlight into your fowlhouse; have a large 

 window facing north-east if possible. 



Don't fail to keep oyster-shell or lime, and sharp grit, always before 

 your poultry. 



Don't forget that long-legged birds are seldom good layers, and as 

 a rule are deficient in breast-meat. 



Don't breed from loose-feathered birds; the tight and abundantly 

 feathered are usually the best layers. 



Don't forget that the breeding-pen must be dry to get a good per- 

 centage of fertile eggs. 



Don't fail to give your birds green feed if the grass has become long 

 and rank. 



