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the: natural: process of: changing
old: “feathers” for new: ones... It
may he° regarded as the hen’s

for the winter and a ihew season.
down to “the humming bird, ‘but

there is quite a difference in: ‘the
molting of our. domestic fowls

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possible and instructive as well] |
by placing a domestic hen and. a
quail side by side. The quail,
after having laid: from: 15 to 18):
eggs, hatches the. young, cares
for them and then begins to molt,
The ‘process is very slow, the
feathers drop off one by one, and
at’no time does’ the molting. in-
terfere with the. flight of the
bird. It is quite different with

the hen. Tn. domesticatiag the

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birds man. has: brought. about a
change in their ‘life'and nature.
Domestication has. extended the
period of lactation of the cow far
beyond the: original period when
the cow produced | milk to rear
her offspring. .’The horse in its
present condition needs shoeing.
The hog grows to an unnatural
size and. fowls too have under-
gone a change, and are as much

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_Molting, laying. and the period
of hatching follow one another in
rotation. The domestic hen. bas
been turned into a vertible, egg

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different. purpose than the wild
" bird. * Originally all eggs were
| destined for the propagation of
1 their species, ‘but now, with a
few exceptions, the eggs repre-
sent.a commodity and an article
of speculation.
‘lished article for the market und
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| chiek that the majority of poultry
!|men are looking for.

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arc ‘everyone. kriows,” ‘molting { is |

vacation in’ which she “prepares | 5

All. birds, molt, from. the ‘ostrich,

functions, and gives her a course

‘suitable | ‘to ‘man’s’ purpose, ‘but
(not: in, conformity, with, natural

“ laws.

sible for the hen to produce. eggs

dependant. upon man as the ani-

The egg is a fin-

The change|..
which was _brought about by:

“There are’ ‘noneetting breeds; |.
but man. has not: yet suceeeded i in
producing a. breed which does not:

molt, although’ he has succeeded

in getting at ‘methods whieh con-
trol molting.” :

Eggs and feathers are two ‘it:
ferent things, yet both are made |.
from . organic matter consumed
by the hen as food. It is impos-

and feathers at the ‘same time:
It is an easy matter to check the
production. of | eggs by. reducing
the food tation. Once checked
it requires’ some time for new
eggs to develop, ‘and. checked at
the proper time, the old feathers’
will mature rapidly and new ones
begin ‘to develop. -

Before a ‘feather drops out it
must be ripe—a dry feather with
a dry quill. -and quill point. If
one will examine a feather he
can. soon tell whether. it was
dropped as a ripe feather or if it
was removed by. force. ©The ripe
feather is dry and the.quill isless
flexible. than-‘the. quill, of the
growing immature feather. The
nerve within the quill and at its
point resembles 3 a filmin sections
and the outer is in much. “the
same condition, whereas. the quill.
of: the growing feather-. is: soft):
and. flexible and has a trace. of);
blood at ‘its: ‘point.’

make their appearance - ‘under-
neath the skin and resemble: ittle
black spots. ote,

In order to aid: ‘the growth of
‘these new feathers it becomes
the duty to-feed the hens. well:
therefore return to the original

“As the: old), ;
feathers drop: out ‘the: new. ‘ones |

=) 0us dress.

To state precisely what to. feed
is quite a “difficult: ‘atter.”,’

the;point of feeding no-two poul-

good’a feed as can’ che ‘foun a
| the: hens cannot: be stuffed - ‘with
this. cereal; they.. -wantia change
and: ‘you must give them a change
ijn -feed or .their.. appetites and
general condition will be far be-
Jow their requirements. In the
morning: feed them. sparingly: So
they will scratch for it and get
exercise. About. ten
all. the ‘small grain, such .as. oats
and: wheat, they. can eat... During
the: afternoon they take. a rest in
‘the. shade. In the evening, an
hour, before. sundown, : feed small
grain. -and just'a little. corn. Be
sure-the house is lean “and well
ventilated and give them’ all’ the
fresh water" '‘they.'want to. ‘drink.
Grit, shells, gravel: and road dust:
are at-all times within easy reach.

2 Skim: ‘milk is-one. ofthe: ‘most:
valuable by-produ s of dairying,
and as such it‘cannot. be used to
better: advantage. than as food for
poultry,” Of: course it .must be
pure. ‘and fresh. It can be given

mash at the rate of one pint per]:
ten hens a day.

cool shady . place during the hot

there and she will have'a coat of j
feathers rageed, faded. and un-
finished wee

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