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Article : 299 words"J. J. C." writes:-"Herewith please find an egg that one of my hens laid, being. I thought, a curio you might like to Bee. Can you tell me how to fatten young turkeys live months old ...
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The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), Sat 28 Feb 1914, Page 11
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