Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-08-05
Ghe Auuhry Nard.
SEASONABLE HINTS.

II you expect to keep your fowl houses
free from lice tins hot weather, it would be
Il good idea to Use the "ounce of prevention"
about this time.
See that your fowls, old and young. have
plentiful supply of drinking water 1t
may seem a big job to water the fowls three
times day. but when you teel inclined to
grumble about it, just think how you would
like to drink from pail Of water That has
stood in tile sun halt a day. imagil that
you would have TO be pretty thirsty first.
Place the vessel containing the drinking
water III the shade if possible.
Furnish shade for your fowls. When
they have free range over .he entire farm
they will find shade somewhere, but when
fowls are confined TO runs their owners must
find >hadet1or them. OF course YOU ought
TO have trees and sl,rubbcry around vIicke,
yards. but while you are wai'ing for them
to grow you may put up a cover Of boards
to shelter the fowls from the direct rays of
the hot sun. Spade up the ground unler
these temporary sheds, and throw ashes
there occasionally. and when you see your
chickens waIlowing half buried in The dirt
and ashes. you will feel amply repaid for
your trouble.
Where fowls have free range, and insect
fnrage is abundant, don't feed ,he old fowls
much during lot weather. lie, them scratch
some for a living. Exerci,e is AS necessary
fnr ntnlt rv fan linn ho:,
young stock regularly and literally, but .ot
TOO often now, or too much. Keep them III
good growing, scratching condition.
Secure good supply of road dust now.
aud store it away for winters use in the fowl
house.
OF course know you are ''buSy," '.have
no time to fuss about such things.' lit won't
pay and all the rest of it. know the
whole lesson by heart, but insist that it
does pay How much time will it take
to put three or four barrels of road dust un-
der cover. and To haul Il load OF gravel and
earth t" take the place of what you have
removed? Next spring these three or four
barrels OF dust that you make such fuss
about getting will. when mixed with an
equal quantity OF hen manure. become six
or seven barrels of the strongest fertilizer on
earth. 1t is good for all kinds OF small
fruits, grains. grasses and vegetables. ,Iulg-
ing by the looks of some of the farmers
gardens that have Seen, a few barrels OF
this fertilizer. jndiciously applied. would in
crease the quantity Of the garden sass"
Don't be in hurry to crowd the young
chickens of the heavier breeds on to the
roosts. Let them stay in the nursing coops
until they ontgrow them. These coops can
he moved to fresh spot every night, and
they will always be fresh and clean inside.
About this time most of the old hens have
made up their minds that ii is their duty to
rear family. and when an old hen gets her
mind "sot' on family, She a'lheres to her
resolution and the nest with Il pertinacty
that is quite dscouraying to the average ft-
male poultry raiser who is tr,i TO ''break
her up Don't duck Bid,ly in cold water.
Or lie her by one 'eg to Il tree, or force her
to retire to the seclusos, of an empty barrel
TO mediate on the error of her ways. Let
iiei >et' Sito HAS ialily ea'ifet Il rest and aS
her time is not very valuable now, let her
havt il. Give her few nest eggs. and let
her set a week or so, just for the fun of the
thing; then break up the nest, and shut
Biddy up for Il few days, and as a rule she
will give no more trouble.
The other day was at a neig!,bor's. and
noticed that her hens had bare backs. nearly
my hens," she said, with perplexed air;