The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-05
POULTRY NOTES.

Do not forget the vegetable part of
the bill of fare. Boiled potatoes in the
morning feed are excellent and greatly
relisbed. Chopped cabbage, onions, ,tur-
nips or other vegetables, should be fed
daily. Boiled pumpkins or squash,
mixed with bran, make a very good ICED.
If you are near brewery, get some
grains mixed with ground feed, giving
it to the fowls occasionally for variety.
The fowls are very fond of a warm
morning feed. especially during the cold
weather and if red pepper, chopped
onions or hot material OF any Kind De
mixed occasionally with their feed, II
will greatly assist in keeping Them heal
thy and active. Do not feed cooked
entirely, for it is liable to cause disease.
Food simply steamed and fed warm Is
beneficial to fowls. A good feed OF
whole grain at night helps to keep the
fowl warm while on the roost, and the
soft feed in the morning will warm
them up quickly.
If YOU want to have hens that Will lay
well all winter, withstand the cold and
keep healthy, select those which are
well feathered under the wings. Exam
inc your birds that are suffering from
cold or roup, and you will find the ma
jority are naked under the wint s. The
dust bath will go far toward keeping
you fowls in good condition. 1t is to
them what water is TO man. Throw il
bucketful of sifted coal ashes and see
how they will revel in it. 1t will clean
the feathers and help to kill the YER
min. A handful of tobacco dust will
help wonderfully.
/ Give the fowls plenty of sunshine and
fresh air. Let the sun stream in upon
/ them and open the house every day as
early as possible. No matter if it is
cold outside sunshine and pure air are
/ the best medicines. Fowls should new
er be frightened. The best way to
make hen Improbable is to have her
/ chased about by dog. Be kind and
gentle to them it pays to keep them
tame.
Fanciers keeping large breeds of
fowls, such as Brahmas, COchins and
( Plymouth Rocks. should set their hens
this month, if they want their pullets to
lay early next fall, since they require
age before they will lay. By Matching
them early plenty of time is allowed in
which they can grow.
Be sure and see that your sitting
hens are free from verm;n before you
set them, Many diseases spring from
neglect to supply pure, fresh water ev-
cry day, ans also from not cleaning all
drinking vessels at least OEce a day
Fowls should never be left without wa
ter. During the winter weather care
should be taken not to place the drink
ing vessel where the snow will fall into
it. SNOW water, If taken in any guam
tity, will soon reduce the fowls in flesh
lessen their vitality, and throw them
out ot healthy condition. The poul.
try house should be kept so clean that
the slightes odor cannot be detected -
Poultry Monthly.
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
Don't kill the tOads.
Hurry in the late seeds.
Wheel hoes are labor savers.
Plant melons in manured hills.
Washing berries is a failure mulch
them.
Dwarf apples may stand as close as
seven feet.
Good picking and packing is half in
fruit growing.
Six hundred bushels of onions have
been raised to The acre.
Three ounces OF carrot seed viii sow
drill 100 fee. long.
Fires kindled in the orchard at night
will attract and kin many of the early
moths, which if allowed to live will en-
tail much trouble through the increase
of their number.