Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-14
THE POULTRY YARD.
CHICKENS.

plain that it does not pay to raise chickens,
This depends greatly upon how the chick
ems are kept. On farms this is usually done
in very slovenly, careless way. Ii thew
are not taken care of they certainly will not
pay" Now, it is not a great matter to
look after flock of twenly or thirty fowls.
An hour day will give them all the care
they need; but it is not sufficient that the
farmer alone should take an interest in them
his wife must do her part by saving all
the scraps and refuse from the table. Keep
wooden bowl aud chopping knife always
ready, and after each meal let one Of the
children chop the remains of cabbagc-cook-
ed or uncooked-lettuce, radish tops, aspar-
agus stalks and bits Of meat and fat. Onion
tops are excellent. Take the pains to boil
some potatoes, of which you will have some
small and defective ones to spare. Give
then feed Of this once week. In the
morning give them now and then meal
OF ground feed or oatmeal; wet up thick
Witha teaspoonful OF salt to three quarts OF
feed. Do not give them more of this than
they will eat at once, as it soon sours. Chick
ems Ike variety OF food. Keep whole and
cracked corn, buck wheat, oats and rye, Oh
handand give them il change Inferior oat-
mealand broken rice can be bought tor TWO
centsa pound, and both are good. DO not
let your poultry become infested with ver-
min Make tight ON these pests before
they make their appearance. They do not
like sulphur. Once month in winter and
once in two weeks in. summer sprinkle it
freelyon and unuer their roosts, in the nests
and among the feathers OF each hen. This
can be done easily when they are on the
roosi or nest. Keep clean under the roosts.
Should they get the advantage OF you .go
for item" With Persian Insect Powder. See
thatsLey have dust bath in Il broad, shall
7 IioWboX, la the sun, il possible, put coal
ashs or dry earth, perhaps road dust, some
T Wodl ashes mixed in, not over one-tOurth,
is god. Ii convenient slit your coal ashes
Whre the fowls can pick out the coal and
rollin the ashes. Give them fine straw or
chaf in their nests. Sprinkle sulphur IN
WIN first made, and every two weeks after
a tespoontul 10 a nest Tansy i'll Il nest is
god TO keep oil vermn. Get a bushel Ct
oyber shells and throw them in the yard;
pl:.e beside them a large Hat stone, and ini-
prss one OF the boys with tile tact that it is
nLduty to go there once day and pound
| iin some OF these shells. Let all the egg
snlls from the house be treated in that way.
Nser give little chicks Indian meal. 1t
cases gaps. Oatmeal, wet with a very lit
tlanilk, may be led ut first, but as soon AS
thy can eat it give cracked corn and rice
All oats About week ago we noticed Il
tie brood OF nine chicks, closing their eyes
al gaping about every other second. We
cs,ght each one and forced down lis throat
..,ecc OF gum camphor about the size Of u
slall pea. LII IL day or two, although better,
tLy were not cured, and So we tiled them
With a piece of bread rolled up and thickly
srinkle with red pepper. We have seen no
lDre gapes, and they seem to have grown
,Dre in the last week than i'll the two pre-
wus weeks. Most important OF all, keep
/ lem supplied with water. Where the YES
! lis are small and the sun shines on it
lrough the day give them fresh water both
,ornlug and afternoon. Give poultry keep
: 70 faithful and intelligent trial and we
Z re satisfied you will tind it protifable.--N.
7. Here!!
mn coov A TuANKsETvING TURKEY.