The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-11-16
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In0m pOon u sA04WDxy ~ ot6 kou0SoIjy,
10 country town; No. - To - cents .
lotion, ana ii l&s towns aud cities
from 50 . 76 ceaas. Ia summer they
Usually ass from 10 70 80 cents. Tho
important qussttea, then, for those who
keep poultry Sos The eess ID, how to
produces them Ia the season 1t which
they viii bring The highest price. To
do this requires care and skin. It is
not enough to simply throw the fowls q,
sufacaent amount 81 corn or rather grain
10 keep them from starving, let them
rooet ON the trees, under the barn or
shed, or Whatever place they find, - 10
the practice ofmonay. Nor % Il much
better TO have . low garrett over the hog
pom, or some other ut-building, with .
few poles across for perches, and q
email hole for the fowls to 90 In and out,
and 90 dirty and filthy that they will
only 70 there to roost when compelled
to for want OF Q better place. Il Ii no
wonder that fowls thus treated do not
lay 10 winter.
Ny object In writing this article IL
not to give the. poultry fancier any neN
ideas. but to give the farmers and those
that keep . few hens to produce eggs
for their own tsble and to buy grocer.
les with q few practical directions about
the care Of poultry In winter, in order to
secure the best result D; and we believe
1t these directions were followed We
would seldom hear the remark that
"hens don't lay"
In order to pro luce eggs in winter the
hens should have comfortable house.
This can easily be built by any farmer
reasonably handy with tools, and at q
very small outlay. It should be built in
. place where it will be a. much as pos.
sible protected from the north and west
winds. It should DO large enough to &C.
comm0date the number of fowls lie.
signed to be kept. For twenty to TWEEN.
ty.Rve hens a house 8 Z ~, 5 feet high
back and feet front will do. The front
should always face the solth, and be
we'll supplied with windows. You
cannot get too much sunlight in winter
into 2 poultry house. "A cheap and cub
stantial house may be built of inch
boards, battened and lined with tarred
paper. The perches should be placed at
the back. with platform to catch the
droppings. The dropgings should be
ways makes the hest floor for the hen
If not too cold fowls should be permit
ted to run out 4 part Of the day.
Feeding fowls is always very impof.
tant matter. They should be fed regu.
larly, but not too much. We have found
the following successful: Have a kettle
in which all the scraps of bread, meat,
potatoes, potato and apple skins, &C.,
from the Kitchen are thrown. Put this
on the stove in the morning us soon as
the fire is built, ard when it has boiled
q few minutes take two pints Of chop,
ma ie of corn, oats, and barlev or rye,
and one part wheat bran, and mix into
1t. Be careful to have the mash thus
made as thick you can stir it. When
this is cold go as not to burn you when
you put your hand into 1t, give it to
your fowls, Do not give item more of
this than they will eat up clean in Eve
minutes. At noon give them d light
feed OF oats, 5uckwheat; Or wheat
screenings. Have Your house well litter
ed with straw, or, what is still better,
the litter from the barn floor and b "
loft: scatter tile grain over this. It will
keep the hens in exercise all afternoon,
aud prevent their learning bad habits.
In the evening give light feed
Of whole corn. 1t is a very good plan
to give laying liens meat and
vegetables. such as cabbage, potatoes,
and onions, once or twice week. They
should always be supplied with pure,
fresh water, in vessels that are kept
clean. There is 10 animal that will
drink more, or that water seems to be
more in iispensable to than the fowls. ii
the weather is too cold for the hens 10
stay out of the house, or If the ground
Is covered with snow, they should be
furnished with lime III SOME shape. A
bpx kept filed With old plaster and
placed where they can have access to i
is very good. They SHOULD also ba pro.
vided with IL dust bath. A box two feet
square and one foot high, kept half OF
two.tbirds full of roa dust, is about the
best thing, but If the dli.t has not been
| saved during the summer, fine coal ashes
will do.
There is II very great difference in the
lay ng qualities Of the different varieties
OF fowls in winter. The larger varieties
usually excel as winter layers, and the
smaller as summer. But take the mixed
breeds. as usually kept by farmers, and
care for them as above directed, and
the result will be an abundance Of Eggs
in winter.--Poultry journal Record.