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A successful egg farmer who made money at the 

 business always shipped his eggs in sealed crates to 

 a dealer who had a gilt-edged trade and guaranteed 

 every egg to be fresh and sound. The dealer sold 

 them under this guarantee to customers who were 

 willing to pay an advanced price for such stock. The 

 result was satisfactory to all parties concerned. 



A POOR FATTENING PROCESS. 



If you have bought tarred felt to line the poultry house with, 

 to keep the flock warm, don't do it. Put it on the outside. 

 Brighten up the inside with lime wash. 



Keep wood ashes out of the hen house. A small portion 

 may be mixed with the loam in the dust-box for medicinal 

 purposes. Wood ashes bleach the shanks of fowls and when 

 mixed with the droppings cause the ammonia to escape. 



Notice with what pleasure a hen scratches among the forest 

 leaves in summer. This is a hint to save the leaves to scatter 

 on the floor of the poultry house in winter. 



Corn meal fresh from the mill will quickly heat and spoil in 

 warm weather if not looked after. Mix with bran and stir it up 

 occasionally. If it becomes mouldy and caked throw it on the 

 manure pile ; do not feed to fowls. 



To preserve eggs for family use, pack strictly fresh ones in 

 fine salt, small end down, so they do not touch each other. \Vhen 

 the box is lull screw lid on and turn twice a week. 



A person who formerly kept a large flock of laying hens and 

 had an old-fashioned stationary boiler, put in whatever vegeta- 

 bles and meat he had to cook about the middle of the afternoon, 

 filled the boiler nearly full of water and started the fire. By 

 supper time the vegetables and meat were tender, the fire nearly 

 out, but the water still boiling hot. Just at this time he would 

 stir in the corn meal and bran until the mush was as thick as 

 could be conveniently stirred, covered it up tightly and in the 

 morning there was the most delicious breakfast for a flock of 

 hens that could be made. 



