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PROFITABLE POULTRY PRODUCTION 



as nearly as possible to the following: She must 

 be healthy; comb, wattles and face red; eye bright 

 and lustrous; neck not short, but medium to long; 

 breast broad and long, sloping upward; back, long 

 and broad ; abdomen, wide and deeper than breast ; 

 shanks, well spread and rather long; V-shaped in 

 three ways, viz., on sides (front to rear), top and 

 bottom (front to rear), base of tail (downwards) ; 

 well-spread tail. 



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Z=3 



NEST TO CURE EGG EATING 



Placed with slight tilt from left to right so egg will roll 

 xinder covered part where sawdust or chafE checks rolling and 

 protects from injury. 



LAYING ABILITY IMPROVED 



Since egg production when eggs bring high 

 prices is the leading desire of the poultryman, it 

 is highly important that the hens be brought into 

 laying as early as possible. The reason for this 

 is that when hens begin to lay in the fall they are 

 more likely to continue than if they are counted 

 upon to start about the beginning of the new year 

 — that is, under ordinary farm care. Many pullets 



