Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-05-22
with two gallons of water. Let the

wi til two gallons of water. Let the
fowls have free access to 1t as a drink
and mix it with their food once day
Perches should MOI be used for
chickens of the heavier breeds, as
there is a tendency to deformity If tbs
chicken roosts or perches while the
breasibone is still in a cartilaginous
state.
Sunflower seed, which can BE- grown
in profusion around your fences and
walls, without any trouble, save the
covering Of the seed in spring, is an
admirable Alternative, and fowls are
exceedingly fond of it,
Eggs during the early part of incu-
baton are quickly chilled and spoiled;
after the sixteenth day do not give up
the eggs, though the hen may have
been absent from them twenty-four
hours. This, of course, applies to late
spring and summer.
Really meritorlous fowls will never
go a-begging for purchasers. Water
finds its level no more surely than we'll
bred stock will command its weight
in gold. Good fowls-to use homely
expression-sell themselves. 1t is those
of mediocre and low standard that tax
the ingenuity of the salesman.
When cleaning the perches IN 1.-THE
poultry house it is necessary to apply
ihe mixture of kerosene oil and grease
to the under side as well as to the top
This is often neglected. and the lice
gather there. Everything about poultry
management should be thoroughly
done, 20 avoid failure.
The treatment of eggs while waiting
for Matching has not yet received the
discussion it deserves, We prefer a
placethat is neither hot nor cold, damp
nor dry. Then, the eggs are to be
KEEP but little while, turning then
every day will answer, any box or basil
ct being sufficient.
Young turkeys are almost proverbi-
ally delicate, and many persons have
so great a fear of the trouble and IN
certainty of rearing them they will no
make the attempt. But turkeys, with
proper management, can be raised a:
easy as chickens, and with as great {
degree of certainty.
De only mistake whut nature make
is in creatln' mean persons. De buttl
fly is mighty putty, but doan lib ez
long ez de toad fraug. De boss da
will eat till he's foundered amt got NJ
mo- sense den er man. Nearly eber!
man knows whar to begin, but da1'
mighty few whit knows whar to stop
We puts de mos value on de thing
what am de skarsest. OATS de reason
dat truth Greats SIGH a stir III thu
Observation-Disclosures TraaeLer.
Animal matter in the shape of meat
scraps, or bones chopped up or served
in granulated form, may be fed to poul
try at any season, judiciously, to g0ot
advantage. But there should be no ex
cess OF this, lest ''too much of thi
good thing proves good for nothing,
through the means suggested. Bon
meal is very good, mixed in sma1
quantities with soft food, for youni
chickens. The coarse offal of tn,
slaughter house-plucks, harslet5. etc
should be cooked, and minced il
small particles when fed. But a It'll
of this hearty food goes a great way
and an over-supply is not conducive t
health. Raw meat is too crude ar
gross.
f Nature has designated that fowl
should scratch for living. We a
| agree that physical exercise is indis
' pensable to men, horses, dogs, an
: other ANIMALS. But BIRDS by nature ar
more active than horses and dogs.
will not do to thwart them. The exel
ton of scratching the soil, straw
leaves or rubbish, mus. be pretty sever
, work, and capable of calling into &C
ion most of the larger muscles. Thel
: of course, the artificial deprivation {
y such efficient exercise must tell O
r thrift and health. Who has seen do;
4 en- hens al large in garden time, wit
i freshly-raked hower-beds near by, an
4 not learned wha: the predominant
! instinct Of the animal is? Philosopher
: have tried to define man as a cookin
4 animal, tool-making or laughin
anlmal---there need be no doubt wha
ever that hen is q scratching ANNA
!. We believe scratching place shoul
+ be provided winter and summer +,
h fowls. 1t not only keeps them in GOO
!. condition, but the fun of seeing ther
v work at it is worth more than it cost