HINTS FOR BREEDERS.
Don't pamper your fowls. Don’t waste the egg shells. Eggs can always be turned into gold. Now is the time to hatch early birds. Don t forget fresh water ©very morning. .Don t waste old china; it makes good grit. Don’t waste time with old, worn-out hens. . Don’t place the nests inside the roosting houses. them n ' SitteiS are the best la -y ers - Try lou will have few eggs if your fowls have hen lice. Try Pekin and Aylesbury ducks instead or commoners. Poultry keeping means sure profits and quick returns. Jncubators are cheap and reliable. Get the right sorts. Hatch early in the spring if you want strong, healthy stock. Now is the time to plant fruit and shade trees in the poultry runs. Hen lice and vermin are the result of laziness and uncleanliness. band or dusting places should be avail, able for the feathered tribe. SS i an /* are always profitable a U3uncts to the farm and orchard. Don t forget that selection is half the cattle m mating your stud birds. „°u> or* Better still, sulphate of iron he placed in the drinking water. l lie stud birds should be mated up—cockerels with 2-year-old hens, and cocks with pullets.
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New Zealand Mail, 24 September 1902, Page 59 (Supplement)
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