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Notes on Poultry-Keeping. 



[May, 



of the flesh will be better if maize and fish meals are omitted. 

 Fresh meat offals thoroughly cooked and including the fat 

 should replace the fish meal. Boiled nettles, using the tea 

 for mixing the meals, should be given at least once weekly 

 from the time the ducklings are a month old. At this age boiled 

 wheat forms a useful variety to the meals used, but uncooked 

 grain is not economical for fattening ducks. 



Adult Stock. — The use of nettles for adult poultry stock at 

 this season is greatly to be recommended. With the advent of 

 warmer weather many of the laying hens suffer from the 

 generous feeding given during preceding months to maintain 

 production. Several mashes of young nettles boiled to a pulp 

 and mixed with the wet mash will have a very beneficial effect. 



