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Those who raise fowls and eggs for market purposes only, 

 and who do not give their attention strictly to breeding " fan- 

 cy " or show fowls, have no use for cocks and hens except to 

 breed and rear them in numbers as rapidly as possible, and to 

 obtain from their fowls the largest quantities of eggs, in the 

 shortest possible period of time. And when the hens have 

 " laid themselves out," it is time to turn their carcasses over to 

 the butcher, or they quite outlive their usefulness. 



The " Imperial Egg Food " made at Hartford, Conn., by 

 Allen and Sherwood, is by far the best stimulant for this inr 

 creased egg-production from common hens, that we are ac- 

 quainted with. We have personally tested this preparation, 

 and with marked results, in past years. Hundreds of the lead- 

 ing poulterers of this country have also tried it practically, 

 and all agree that this food — properly given to laying fowls, 

 (as the printed directions accompanying each package clearly 

 specifies) will greatly improve the laying quality of hens ; 

 while there are certain constituents in the make-up of this 

 feed, that wonderfully aids at the same time in keeping domes- 

 tic poultry in fine condition and good health. 



We commend the judicious use therefore of this Imperial 

 Egg Food, because #6 know something about it, through ex- 

 perience, and because this is the only sort of " egg-producing 

 food " we have any knowledge of, individually. 



If we are to make use of eggs for hatching that are laid by 

 our own stock, we know as a rule about what will be produced 

 from them. If we are just commencing the business, and are 

 in search of a clutch or two of eggs of some single chosen 

 variety that we fancy — we should apply to a reliable breeder 

 of the kind of fowls we prefer, and take care that we get what 

 we are in search of, fresh laid, and true to the breed we seek. 



This is important, for several good reasons. There is much 

 of ignorance, a great deal of carelessness in breeding, and not 

 a little deceit practiced in certain quarters, by those who do 

 not know how to breed fowls, or who do not care to keep the 

 better class of stock of the nominal vaiieties they pretend to 



