Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-01

fences. 1t don't make any difference
whether 1t Is hard froze, or wet from
the last big rain, you can trim hedge
fence all the same; in fact, winter Ia
the time to shape up the hedge fence.
With a good hedge foncs around your
farm you can rest coAtented till mora
ing. without, being afraid the wind
will blow down tho line fence and let
your neighbours stock In on your fields
of grain. I admit there are other
kinds Of fence that can be made
quicker and cheaper than hedge, but
they will eventually rot out, and then
to replace makes them the most
costly Of the two. Not 80 with the
hedge. Ii starts up every spring and
puts out its leaves, and appears to en-
joy life with the fresh grass and grow,
ing grain. AS for the hedge dying out
on account of thin soil, IL Is out Of the
question when sod is put under and
subsoi' on top; the leaves from the
hedge will ksep the soil rich enough.
l would rather attribute the cause Of
the hedge dying to the surplus of
stagnant water poisoning the roots.
Poultry Houses and vermin.
Philadelphia Record.
To be successful IL raising poultry
n Of the first things to be considered
is o suitable house. An expensive or
elaborate house is not q necessity,
but q disadvantage, in poultry keep.
ing. The two great drawbacks In the
way OF SUCCESS are cold and vermin.
The costly house affords no protection
from either, But build a plain (the
palmer the better), substantial house,
n that can BIS cleaned in a short
time, and we'll ventilated. And be
sure to have the laying boxes at a
little distance from tho roost, that
they may be kept free from lice.
Make two sets of boxes, so that when
n set gets dirty It may bs replaced
with the other set, and clean and
whitewash ready to change when the
other set gets dirty. OF the three
kinds of insects most troubleso me to
the fowl the mite is the worht and
hardest to get rid of. The body and
feather louise can be rolled off by the
hen In the dust. bath, and may be
driven away by applying Persian in.
sect powder or some other insect
killer. But they seldom breed in
such numbers as to completely over.
run a fowl. But the mite breeds
on the poultry .houte, not on the fowl,
and does not even need the presence
If a fowl to propagate. The mite Is
anslogou to the ohinch, or the bad
bug, and, Slowing darkness rather than
light" because it's deeds are evil, at
tacks its victims ON the roost and leaves
thsm In the morning This is the lit
tie fellow which Is 20 destructive to
the sitting hen, which has no chance
during the day TO prevent Its attacks.
A busting Of Pension Powder two OF
three times q week ia q great help to
the hen; but it does not destroy the
myriads which dwell in every cracl
and crevice of a board. Hence the
! necessity Of having as plain a house al
! possible, thus avoiding hiding placer
' for the lice. While the insect powder
l is a great help, yet the first time thu
hen leaves her nest she shakes the in
, secticide from her feathers, and wher
r she goes back the mites renew thei
Q assaults. The sitting period is
Q severe ordeal to a hen, and usual!
l leaves her nothing but skin and bones
Her comb is Hhriyeled and colorless
and her feathers are in the same con
dition. This Is the effect of vermin
Q as may be- shown by noting a hen tina