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The Henyard. 
Poor Laying. 
1 HAVE 75 White Leghorn yearlings 
that have not laid since moulting. 
I feed in deep litter one quart to 25 
hens, scratch food in morning, dry mash 
before them all day in hoppers. At night 
I feed one quart and one pint to 25 hens. 
At noon they have skim-milk, plenty of 
greens, clean water, oyster shell, grits 
and charcoal before them all the time. 
Last year as pullets they laid very well. 
Can you give me a hint just what to do 
to get them laying again? G. c. M. 
Connecticut. 
Your method of feeding your hens ap¬ 
pears unexceptionable, but there are two 
features of it that might be pointed out 
as possible causes of unsatisfactory egg 
production. You state that you are feed- j 
ing a dry mash and “plenty of greens;” I 
perhaps the dry mash does not contain 
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tain as much as one-fourth part by 
weight of beef scrap, to advantage, and 
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O UR perfectly healthy looking chickens 
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West Virginia. m. at. c. 
1 . I cannot tell from the fact of lame¬ 
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damp quarters; whether this applies to 
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makers of incubators listing them in 
their catalogues. Where numbered bands 
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Starting a Poultry Farm. 
I T is my intention to start a poultry 
farm. My capital is limited, but my 
ambition and grit unlimited. Can 
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matter to get on the subject of poultry, 
what kind to get, the kind that are the 
best layers or food? Mostly everybody 
that I talk on the subject of poultry say 
its no paying proposition—I think dif¬ 
ferent. J. C. 
New York. 
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