Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-02
Poul try.

by boys have fourteen Plymouth
Rock pullets, selected last fail, fine
birds, as good as can be. These they
have kept in small house made very
warm with tarfed sheathing paper mot
foi.). They i.s7e been fed every morn
| ing the past winter n warm feed of bran
and cornmeai mush; the same q: noon,
with scraps from the table; in the after
noon grai4, wheat screenings. oats,
buckwheat uni corn. all they would eat
and net waste. The entire feed for the
winter cost less than five dollars. They
have always clean, fresh water, and
three times daily it has been made quite
warm; the house has been kept warm
but well ventilated; a box OF coal ashes
and dust and another of bone dust and
broken shells have been always accessi.
BILE; the droppings have been removed
once each week, and by using kerosene
and lard the house has been kept free
from lice. Now for results: In o.
tobor they gave us 1856 eggs; November,
1913; December, 100; January, 206;
February, 19l; ard in twenty-six days
of March, 29i, making from October
lat till tonight (March 2Gth). 1903
eggs, CIR 105 IA dozen. AT the moder-
ate price of twenty cents per dozen,
these have been worth S21 .O5; taking
out the feed, five dollsrs, leaves S16.05
as the net profit on fourteen pullets
for less than six months. But eggs
have been very high the past winter,
ranging from twenty-five to sixty cents
per dozen, and the boys are now selling
all they get at one dollar per dozen for
Matching. Verify poultry as well as all
other stock will pay for warm quarters.
plenty Of feed and good care. Will
farmers generally ever learn this fact ?
Let all who keep poultry re-
member that the early chickens
those hatched in March aud April
Arc the ones that give abundant eggs
the next winter. He who consults
profit will see that all his chickens are
secured early in the season. Care
should be taken that the brooding hens
are not disturbed by others which may
desire to lay III the same nest. When u
hen shows desire to sit, il she is not
in piece where she will be free from
intrusion, remove her to such an one.
Fas;en her into the box or barrel where
she is desired to sit for day, then, if
upon releasing her she returns to the
place. give her the eggs. Don't have
any fear if she remains from the nest
for hours on warm days. She knows
her business. The embryo chicks will
bear no little cooling off without dam
age. have placed eggs partly incu-
bated into an ice-box for long periods
without disturbing the embryo. If
there is the least danger that the hen is
lousy, place an ointment of sulphur and
kerosene under her wings. Great care,
however, should be taken not to get any
kerosene on the eggs, or the forming
chicks will bo killed. Sprinkling sui.
phur or pyretbrum in the nests will
surely kill the lice, with no damage to
tue eggs. For twenty minutes each day
for three days before Matching. place
rne eggs IN warm water. fhfS rrudurz
the shells more easily broken, and
makes it possible for the chicks to lilo.
crate themselves. If the nest is on
damp sods OF earth, this precaution is
unnecessary. After Matching see to II
that the chickens do not get wet, as
nothing is more fatal; chickens should
BOT be permitted to roam in the wei
grass early in the morning. Table ref.
use and meal with bran wet in warm
water or milk is good food for chickens
Do not feed whole grain for some
weeks, as it causes the feathers to drop
and brings i'll health. If hens trouble
by an Unsuitable determination 10 sit
confine them in small pen with @
cockerel. and they will soon be cured
Of the longing. ! New York Tribune