Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-04-27
Poultry Notes

FuHy nlne-teitns OF the diseases
from which fouls suffer are simply and
solely caused by vermin. Careful in
vestigation has established this fact.
The comb of a fowl may be considered
its health Indicator. The first ntima-
ton close observer of his flock has, is
the condition of their comb. Compare
lively few birds in their natural wild
state, die of disease. They have GER
tain ways to keep themselves compare
lively free from lice; fifty are not
crowded in space where only twenty
FIVE should be; natures tbird) laws are
not transgressed, and they thrive in
health. With domestic fowls it is diff
fereut; they are crowded together, be-
come lousy and get cholera, roup, cank-
er and various So forths-none of which
would they have il lice were not prey
ing on their bodies, unless it is roup
which is caused by several things.
1t is certainly desirable to keep fowls
shut out from the farm and garden Mt
some seasons of the year. The follow
ing plan for cheap enclosure for them
has been recommended;
| Set posts firmly in the ground, six
feet high, eight feet apart. Take num-
Der nine wire and stretch from post to .
post outside, fastening with staples
made of wire driven into the posts.
Take common laths and weave in,
leaving three inches between sides of
each. This makes the fence four feet
high. Then take other laths, picket
one end, chamfer the other like CHS
ell blade, and Intervene among the
top wires then shove the chamfcred
edge down beside the top of the bot
tom lath, tapping under wires two
inches. This makes a cheap, durable,
pretty fence that is fowltight Wires
should be left someN 1t slack, IA in
terweaving the laths will take it up.
Poultry need rs much protection du-
ring the summer from the fierce rays
of the sun. rs they do in winter from
the severe cold, although far too many
of our breeders lose sight of this inn
portant fact, and suffer corresponding
losses in consequence. Birds compeli-
ed to stay in yards which have little, if
any, shade during the entire summer,
with the sun pouring down on them
with the intensity it does in July and
August, cannot thrive, while they are
rendered much more liable To disease
and disorders. 1t pays, and pays well
too, TO give the fowls comfort at all
times, and it costs but little to furnish
the necessary shade, no matter how
large the run may be. Trees, such rs
plums, peach and apple should Mt once
, be planted IN the runs, especially the
former, which seems To thrive better
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these trees will not afford much shade
for few years, temporary shades may
be made by making skeleton sheds of
poles along the sunny sides of the runs,
and then covering them with boughs,
cedar limbs, or almost anything cheap
and convenient, which will afford the
necessary shelter from the sun. These
may not look very handsome, but then
the utility compensates fully for the
lack OF beauty. --Poult,y Monthly.
PACKING EoGs.-- Tho question OF
storing eggs was discussed at recent
Iowa convention, and it was conceded
by all that cold storage, temperature
40 degrees TO AZ degrees, kept uniform,
with eggs packed properly or in cases,
will keep in good condition from six to
nine months; but they must be used
soon after being taken out of the cold
storage, az they soon spoil. Eggs be-
come musty from being packed in bad
material; will become musty in cases,
HI y change of temperature from lower
to higher causes the eggs to sweat and
paper to become moist and faint the
eggs. Well-dried oats year old is the
best for packing. Eggs become injured
by jarring in shipping, by mixing.
Fresh eggs mix worse than those kept
in cold storage Eggs held in cold stor-
age in the west should be shipped in
refrigerator cars in Summer. Riggs will
keep thirty days longer if stood on the
little end than in any other position;
must be kept in an even temperature
and pure atmosphere. Eggs laid on
the side attach TO the shell and are
bad!y injured. TO prevent imposition
AZ TO the freshness Of The eggs, the egg
CATERERS should candle taem when
they get them fIom the farmers. Eggs
keep better in the dark than in the
light.