THE FOWL YARD
One of the most serious leaks in poultry^keeping is the retaining of cockerels after they have reached a marketable age.
Fresh air is a necessity at every stage of a bird's life.
Watercress is a valuable tonic and food for fowls, and is in reach of many poultry - keepers who never use it.
Changes of food and quarters are frequent causes of pullets going into an early moult.
There is no black art in breeding poultry. The fundamental rules in breeding apply to poultry as to all classes of live-stock.
Owing to the high cost of feed many flocks are being kept in a hall-starved condition. This is not only unprofitable, but it is cruel. Better send them to market.
A hen found above the normal average weight of the bird indicates that the egg laying power is not what it should be. and that she should be culled.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 22 July 1915, Page 3
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152THE FOWL YARD Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 22 July 1915, Page 3
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