Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-09-06
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POULTRY MATTERS.

Fannie Field, the decided and spicy au-
thority on poultry matters, in the Prairie
Farmer, answers a batch Of questions in
the following decisive character:
IL used to think that incubator manufac-
tarers deserved all the blessings that were
30 freely bestowed upon them, but now |
begin to think that the 'cuss words shonld
be hurled at the man who tries to RUN the
incubator instead OF the man who made it.
Men who seem to be sensible enough about
other matters will take an incubator and
monkey around with the regulating ap-
paratus until they get it out of order, when,
OF course, it will not work satisfactorily
then they pitch into the manufacturer who
has to shoulder the blame. If the manufac-
turers could only furnish brains with the
incubators, it is quite likely that all the
self-regulating incubators on on the market
would work all right; but it is impossible
for some people to simply fellow directions
In regard to managing an incubator, as it is
for other people to follow doctors orders
to the letter; 80 suppose that the best in
cubators in the world will fail in some
hands.
while am talking about incubators, |.
may as well give a little advice about or
dering one. If you think of trying one next
season, order early, at least month or six
weeks before you expect to use it, and that
will give you chance to get acquainted
with the machine before you put in the
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is better to do it when the egg drawers are
empty-t is cheaper. All the people who
have treated me to doses of incubator talk
will please take note of what have said,
because it takes them all in.
"The next chap (who happens to be
woman) wants to knew if a mixture of coal
oil and sulphur, or sulphur and lard, will
kill the lice that are found in the heads of
young chicks. ....
Yes; in nine cases out of ten it will kill
bacon fat on the heads and threats of young
chicks and finds it death to the lice. A mix
ture of sweet oil and carbolic acd-one part
of the acid to enc hundred of the oil-ap-
piled to the top of the head, on the throat
and under the wings, will finish up the lice
without injury to the chicks. insect powder
is also good Dust it well into the feathers
OF the mother hen, just at dark. But, after
all, it is better and easier to prevent lice than
to fuss with the chicks, after they become
infected.
mo. 3 wants to know if the pea-comb
Plymouth Rocks are better layers than the
single-comb fowls of that breed.
mot bit of it. The comb has nothing
to do with the laying qualities. The pea
comb Rocks are not standard fowls, but
many poultry-raisers who live where the
winters are severe, keep them because the
small combs are not so liable to freeze as
the single-combs. The man who inquiries
about the rose-comb Leghorns, will please
take notice of the aoove, for it fits his case
just as well. as though written expressly in
reply to his question.
mo. wants my opinion of the Lang
shaRs. Well, they have been praised and
puffed, and advertised and writer up but
still they don't seem to be getting into the
good graces of farmers and people who
raise poultry for market, very rapidly.
From present indications they do not seem
to be the coming FOWL The next fowl
craze will most probably be over the Wy
andottes.
"A beginner in poultry raising wants to
know how many breeds to commence with.