SEASONABLE HINTS.
Sell off all old hens and inferior stock. Care and food afreet results to a great ex> tent.
Breed from the best laying hens you haye 1 , and the stock will not disappoint you. Grain food for fowls can be thrown on the ground, but soft food should be fed on. a board, or in a trough. Never over-feed your poultry, or the Eupplv of e^-crs will be~reduced.
It is a poor farm that cannot furnish plenty of food for fowls.
Introduce new blood if you wish to keep your stock vigorous and healthy. An occasional meal of meat is useful dir> ing the moulting season. Boil it well before feeding it to poultry. The hen would make a more profitable middleman to the farmer than the wheat.
In mixing pollard or other soft food, a little salt with it will be found beneficial. Exercise is necessary to ensure the health of poultry.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2403, 22 March 1900, Page 47
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