DIMINUTIVE EGGS 



An examination of these will usually show an absence of a yolk. The 

 albuminous part of the egg is present, but irritation in the oviduct has inter- 

 fered with the proper union of the yolk and albumen: The albuminous 

 matter, reaching the shell-forming part of the organ, is provided with the 

 proper covering and the incomplete egg is laid. When you discover a hen 

 having this tendency, separate her from the others. As the trouble is due to 

 inflammation of the oviduct, follow treatment suggested under that heading. 



EGGS WITH ODORS 



When such foods as onions, fish, and even garlic, are fed in small quan- 

 tities, they may prove beneficial, but when layers have access to such strong 

 foods they often taint the eggs. It is on the same principle that celery is 

 used in fattening food for ducks, to give the flesh a celery flavor. Avoid 

 such strong foods where you are producing eggs for special market. 



TWO EGGS IN ONE 



Hens will occasionally lay an egg .which contains within itself another 

 egg with its proper shell covering. The inner egg, however, usually corre- 

 sponds with our description of diminutive eggs that is it contains no yolk. 

 The small egg is formed and an attempt is made to lay it. Instead of pass- 

 ing out, a counter movement forces it back into the oviduct, where it proba- 

 bly comes in contact with the albumen and yolk of another egg on its way 

 to the uterus to be covered with a shell, and the double egg is expelled. 

 This condition, if continuous, is abnormal, and is an indication of the fact 

 that the fowls are being too much forced for egg production. 



HOW TO PRODUCE EGGS 



Hens for breeding, and fancy stock, should never be forced! Utility 

 stock should be made to pay all that it can and pushed to the limit of 

 healthful production. Is it not better to feed fowls for a maximum egg 

 yield for two years and then replace them with new stock, rather than 

 to feed them for four years for a continuous minimum egg yield? 



Horses are fed to draw the heaviest loads ; cows are fed to give the most 

 milk, so why not feed your fowls to produce the greatest profit ? Some peo- 

 ple say, "Why, it is not natural !" Neither is laying more than twelve eggs a 

 year natural, and it is most decidedly unnatural for a hen to lay an egg in 

 cold weather ! Stick to nature and you will go bankrupt in the poultry rais- 

 ing business ! 



It has taken years of careful study and experiment to perfect CON- 

 KEY'S LAYING TONIC, an article that does not injure the hen, but 

 which does tone and invigorate, improving the digestive system, strength- 

 ening the egg-producing organs and in general putting the fowl in that 

 constitutional condition which is the secret of spring and summer laying. 

 Most fowls need a tonic right after the molt. Often they do not fully 

 recover condition before the coming of winter. The system is low, the 

 circulation sluggish, in fact, all conditions exactly opposite to summer 

 vigor! 



CONKEY'S LAYING TONIC insures perfect digestion and tones the 

 egg-producing organs. By keeping the health at the maximum point it 

 prepares the proteids for egg production and invites summer activity in the 

 winter season. It assists in the maintenance of heat without fat, thereby 

 inducing egg laying by natural methods and without forcing. It assimilates 

 the carbohydrates the heating foods with the rich blood that serves to 

 convey the protein, thereby overcoming the greatest problem against nature 



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