. The Farm-poultry . ient, and that is what makestrouble. Pure Breeds for the Farm. The farmer who buys a trio of birds paysmore than their value for them when he isparticular about points. It is true that thepoints are necessary, as they preserve thebreeds, and no purchase a Ply-mouth Rock possessing feathered legs or a rosecomb, for such birds would not be pure; buthe should not pay five dollers for a bird becauseits comb had five points instead of six. pro-vided the bird was true to its breed. Whatthe farmer should do is to insist on having astrong and vigorous bird when he bu
. The Farm-poultry . ient, and that is what makestrouble. Pure Breeds for the Farm. The farmer who buys a trio of birds paysmore than their value for them when he isparticular about points. It is true that thepoints are necessary, as they preserve thebreeds, and no purchase a Ply-mouth Rock possessing feathered legs or a rosecomb, for such birds would not be pure; buthe should not pay five dollers for a bird becauseits comb had five points instead of six. pro-vided the bird was true to its breed. Whatthe farmer should do is to insist on having astrong and vigorous bird when he buys one,giving full attention to all the points th»tinsure purity, and overlook any trivial defectsthat may appear in the show room, but whichmav not injure the bird for breeding , the farmer should not write thebreeder to send him a bird that is wanted forbreeding, receiving it at a low cost„ and thencondemn the breeder because the bird is not one that wiij win ina sbow xQm,-Farw, wnf>,Fireside,. SEA SHELLS Sample, ic. V. P, (.MMilc for iiijiilliy(Mil. Ikst anri rlic:i|ie8tliclls kni)wn :i hlil.—. *!. f|, Guilford. Conn. Grit and Green Food. We had an experience recently that gave usadditional light on the much talked of loose-ness of the bowels, and liver disease, such aswe have had many letters about recently, as,for example, those answered under LiverDisease, page 243, .July 1st number. The case we had was a spare cockerel thathad not been used save in a pen to break upbroody hens, and as he was in a small pen onthe second floor (where we set our hens) hehadnt been out of doors nor had access togreen food for some weeks. Observing thathe was dumpish, we examined him for lice,but found none, and then saw that his drop-pings were very loose and white, the fluffaround and below the vent being all plasteredtogether with the sticky droppings. We tookhim out to a 2 X 3 coop that has a 3 x 6 wirerun attached, and turned
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