A FEW THINGS ONE SHOULD KNOW 



It is the care of the poultry that pays. You cannot raise 

 chickens and lice together any more than you can raise a 

 garden and chickens together. A hen cannot successfully 

 combat lice and at the same time lay the maximum amount 

 of eggs. If we human beings had one louse on us, it would 

 be one too many and it is the same with poultry and there 

 is no more fundamental reason why poultry should have lice 

 any more than a human being, and if our hens make for us 

 a living or bring us in profits, it is at least up to us to give 

 them a decent night's sleep. Another thing is, if we as 

 human being were subjected to the same treatment we deal 

 out to our poultry flocks, there wouldn't be much enthusiasm 

 when it came to working or making a living for our family. 



THE GLEANING OF THE EGGS 



If you are running a commercial egg farm or breeding 

 fancy stock, the eggs should be gathered at least twice daily 

 for this reason : all eggs laid before one o'clock in the day are 

 laid by strong, healthy and industrious hens and are always 

 of the most uniform size and shape, free from defective 

 shells, etc., whereas the eggs laid after one o'clock in the 

 day for the most part are small, ill shapen, and soft shelled. 

 You will find that you will save at least one half the time 

 and labor expended in sorting the eggs and that the eggs 

 may be freer from dirt and other causes that go to contami- 

 nate an egg. Also if you have any egg eaters in your flock, 

 they have less chance to pursue their nefarious practice. 

 Taking it all in all, a great many dollars will be saved in the 

 course of a few months if you practice this method of pick- 

 ing up the eggs. Time and labor are the essence of all things. 

 Then why throw your time away and labor also in this case 

 when these may be saved by pursuing the wise course in 

 this particular line of business in the matter of sorting, etc. 

 The eggs picked up before one o'clock in the day are always 

 better for hatching as well as for market value. 



IF A CHICKEN 



If a chicken has cholera, the first symptom is a yellowish 

 coloration on that part of the excrement which is secreted 

 by the kidneys and which in health is nearly or perfectly 

 white. Soon there is diarrhoea, the droppings consisting of 



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