Poultry fancier . Columbian Wyandotte Female, a studyin wing color. Owned and bred by Co-lumbia Farm, J. K. Clemmer, Prop.,Souderton, Pa. louse in its turn does what it can to eliminate race sui-cide in the louse family. The hens are either shut upin poorly ventilated houses or left to roost in the treesor in sheds, with the farm machinery for a E. C. Buff Orpington Female owned,bred and exhibited by B. C. Koeeker,Washington, N. J. But when the warm rains of April come and vegeta-tion springs into life, and when insect life again as-serts itself and the earth worms commence their annu-
Poultry fancier . Columbian Wyandotte Female, a studyin wing color. Owned and bred by Co-lumbia Farm, J. K. Clemmer, Prop.,Souderton, Pa. louse in its turn does what it can to eliminate race sui-cide in the louse family. The hens are either shut upin poorly ventilated houses or left to roost in the treesor in sheds, with the farm machinery for a E. C. Buff Orpington Female owned,bred and exhibited by B. C. Koeeker,Washington, N. J. But when the warm rains of April come and vegeta-tion springs into life, and when insect life again as-serts itself and the earth worms commence their annu-al cultivation of the soil, these farm flocks that are onfree range lose no time in getting back to nature. Theysoon commence to lay and their eggs are usually veryfertile and they produce vigorous, livable chicks, ableto withstand the hardships which their parents stoodbefore them. Let us breeders who are in the business of produc-ing eggs for hatching take this matter and consider usual farm flocks lay very little in winter, that is,they are not pushed to the limit. Birds, whether thor-oughbred or mongrel, will not produce a high percent-age of fertile, hatchable eggs if they are forced foregg production. Birds that have been conditioned for showing andperhaps been cooped in small exhibition coops in hot,stuffy rooms for a greater or le
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