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Don't fail to grow all the green feed required if you have space. 

 Don't grow heavy-boned birds; it is meat that is wanted, not bone. 

 Don't forget that a medium-sized bird of its breed is generally the 



best layer; large birds are prone to fat. 

 Don't compel good layers to support the drones; an idle hen is never 



a good layer. 

 Don't go into the poultry business if you have to depend entirely upon 



hired help ; do the technical part of the work yourself. 



Don't waste time trying to cure persistent cases of disease. 



Don't feed chicks for forty-eight to sixty hours after they are 

 hatched; feeding too soon will cause indigestion and bowel-trouble. 



Don't forget to feed chicks a little and often; the drier the food the 

 better. 



Don't keep an old hen because she has some peculiarity about her; 

 there should be no sentiment about poultry-keeping when it is a 

 question of making a living out of it. 



By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington. 1908. 



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