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ralllS^IiK^l^ or "weak Df tired best indications of a roupy condition.
or of low vitality usually carries her tail Last fall we killed all the hens in one
down instead of up, a' strong fowl of of our experiments and we found that
strong vitality shows a good thicK shahrk: the fattest hens were the hens that were,^,-,
The head. shoWs .ufp pretty well, has' a in the'best' laying" condition, and since .^
large comb and face appendages show that time- xsffe'havS hieti making
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greater :power - and greater - physical carefiil observations ^Idrtg ^"that, POintJ, j
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strength? liil jhave'seeiio o\w^gi$iiomi wiffl^'-'A hen to Ir^'jn -a--W'od"lEfcm| "cogditiSn-
ve«^^r<mg mMsi, hm-^hiW^^u^^S^'^' mu^&^g=f^^_;i6^J^^^"T.lie pr|y--"
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pace-^BratoMa TiWfh-JtgFahm^-^?)!' ESgftibi^"'- -Hioii'"tlf' e|^5 ^s^asla^^pM'tlius' fa^
witbilssgHsiKri, tfi&'eoiwb^aritffecfe a|i5fe'HJ-'"'-i th?'Tien%a^-'fe'o'£^lSi?'§fifi?ria- up
dages are'one'Of the strong"'marks of in her anatomy, and a hen cannot' lay an,
strong vitality as compared with weak egg until she has. got fat in her bodyi, '^
vitaKty, strong physical pow«r- as com- 'because the yolk of an egg is about hajt
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pared with 'the low.' ' ^ fat and she has got to have oil there to
The comb point is an indication make the first part of the egg. The^
of physical vigOf^ -' A' ' hen' ' ' earri es three fatest hens we killed were in the.^
hercertificatefight' dh'ihetop of best laying; condition, and the thre^j.^^^
her head.-'''I1j'-4s: wne M^ the evidences poorest hens we turned out by theni-,^^!
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that the blood is circulating properlyJ selves and there was not the faintest j^
If a chicken: at the age of two or three- chance of their laying for two or threg
months gets a large amount of fresh meat moiiths. They were not poor hens in^^j,
it will get a good development of comb. the sense of being thin.: They simplyi^j
I believe early or late maturity in- did not have a large amount of fat i?^ „«
dicates strong vitality. I have- seen theii* bodies.
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chickens that matured late come up to
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fullVfitrength and po\^er . ' ' 'A f wl that Cycle Brooder-Hat chtr, new, for aate replflced. by
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larger macbine. Take |5. UeliVered. _]>. Thorn pstrn.-
has' got a long joint ahd' a' Weak breast D^Kalb, Jll.
and "a long neck and generally a con-" -I itl" I! )i brif: 'so'ari
sump tive -type' they liRV^-'k long flat SUBSTltlJtE FOR lech's
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Everyone living in the country sboxild ha^'fr ji rtoTnoi'JlD
Strong physical power is; associated made Refriifcrator. Very beat aiibstitnt* for ice; keepa .
butter hard, aiiilt sweet, eggs fresh. Full plaUH^ ajidll^
with a bulkier head, and with a thick description, 15 cents, ^^ i-tn\
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curved beak; I believe as far as L have Kenwood Poultry Yardt, Conover. N. •E/ „ ; ., „„
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of the. crow-head type than you will of
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the thick type. A fowl that has low
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vitality is- likely to have knock-knees- There Are Rea»on«." ,. ^fff
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and 'stand ripoii the feet close together, ItwJLl pay jou largkh, sruRit VEtoKiTS. retail new ^evy, lutla „
'land and tifie Jtfant amount ut ^'oi-k ot any crijp ift..ow]i, .fitltSJIIf
andafowl of low viality is likely to stay" -for JBSOto M.Ort !\ ij'iu'"'- ^".-tiv il[-utlfre tht' yenf roiuKl .with .
. cJii^jhen* wtiynalittfe Mttenttoti' (lurinB ^ix nK,nt;tn! of th^^.yt-^'triO'!
upon the" roost, it will be the last one to" - tu tlie cullivatio. nt Ki^l^f-]i^' ^"ilt yloLtl k'rualer pt-otlts* - If you
ni-K'- lt>oltina tt>ra plea^ut-. |n'ottlat>ly.l>Uijnu.itM write (o:- ^iftniia-rfjy'i
get oS ifi-the morning and the first one F. F. Rig«8, 423 S. Broadway, Elmira, N. Y
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If.you- go into the heh^hOuse in the
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morwing and' see-'th&'eneS" that are on
Gapes in ehicks. Prevent them—Iti ea?y, <S yeari'?'"''
the perch; you ate very likely to find the raiHlng cliluks and not a gap, 1 positively, cure, . „
fowls' that are of low vitality. They every case of roup In three days Economise tttui''
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are not. fiill of"snap and vigor. me, '
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Another point '' that indicates low
MARION, OHIO,
vitality is a cold shank. It is one of the