Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-02-10
W HOLE NO. 915s.
cfm.tbt farmn.
WINTER MANAGEMENT OF
P0UL TRY.

TU v u Is I.
On calling the attention Of cur readers
% the subject which forms the caption 10
his article, we digress to say, that no
man should keep poultry who is not will
ing TO give il fair share of attention; for
the same results follow neglect in this, as
in every other department of human
labor.
During no other time does poultry re-
quire as much attention as in the winter,
and yet it is season when from many it
receives the least. 1t is no unusual thing,
when travelling through the country in
early evening, 10 see the turkeys, guinea
fowls and chickens, resorting to the fruit
trees, or the fences, for their rcosting
places, in which to spend their long cheer
less night of nearly or quite fifteen hours
each, instead of being provided with
warm and dry place. We sincerely
uouoI ouctlcI udlA VI OuI ldiiiieIS cftE
provide any better place for their fowls,
than to let them shift for themselves, as
best they can, in a cold barn or some
open shed or wagon house. BY such
treatment they consume more food, often
freeze their combs and even toes, and of
course, not an egg is produced until win
ter is past and spring far advanced. Such
neglec; is not good economy, besides be-
ing thoughtlessly cruel.
The form of q poultry-house is no,
material, but to be good house, il must
possess sufficient size, and the other re-
quisi;es mentioned in this article. The
house ought 10 be lined, leaving an open
space of from four to eight inches, which
should be flied in with dry tan, sawdust,
OF chaff Of grain. If the house is not
sufficiently warm to prevent the reduction
Of the temperature below 25a Far, tho
combs and wat;les of such birds as have
large ones, are very likely to suffer.
1t is better 10 feed poultry in the winter
from three to four times daily, than twice,
which is the ordinary custom. By fire.
queni feeding the birds eat but little al
time, and never iajure themselves; but
when fed bu, onoo or twice daily, there
is danger Of their overeating, which fire.
quenily produces fatal results. Our rule
is, to so regulate the quantity given a,
each time, that each fcwl shall have all il
wishes, and have nothing left. Our exPe-
risnce confirms what many have said,
that regular and frequent feeding is bet
ter for the health Of the owl, al any sea-
son of the year, than it is 20 fill vessel
with grain and allow them access To il a,
all times. We also think tia, poultry
will eat less with frequent feeding, Than
by twice feeding daily.
/, is also better 10 give variety of
grains, than TO feed any enc kind. Grains
go much further gFounG than without IL,
especially if the meal is scalded and the
whole grain given in its raw stale.
Cabbage forms an excellent article of
food in winter to almost any kind Of poul-
try. BY chopping up the stems and coarse
leaves, they will ell be eaten. q few
chopped onions, occasionally given, arc
excellent, as are also red peppers.
But poultry must not only be fed prop.
eriy, and with variety of good food, but
must also be well supplied with pure wa.
ter. In a snowy country birds will 1.-Two
without waller in winter, bu! they do much
better with it.
No poultry house is complets until it
is furnished with its box of sand, fne
gravel, or old mortar, and box Of burn,
oyster shells, or calcined bones, and box
Of wood ashes.
lfthose who keep poultry would follow
out these simple suggestions. they would
fad that for all their care aud trouble,
they would be amply remunerated with
abundance of fresh eggs all winter. Net
only so, but such treatment would ward
of disease, and thus save the life of many
fine bird. And now, that we have al
luded to rhs subject of disease among
fowls, we will close this article by giving
il as our advice, founded on the opinions
Of others as well as our own experience,
that the best treatment for such fowls as
are attacked with the Group, is to kill
them as soon as it is discovered. Coxn-
try Gentleman.