Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-16
CARE or POULTRY.
Useful Information for Practical People
Everywhere.
E,p, The ponLfry World

U.sfuI Information for Practical People
Everywhere.
From the POELiry World.
Regularity in care and feeding is OF the
utmost importance. When the usual iced
ing time the chickens arrives, II you are
not on hand with the usual food they worry.
They cease their own forts in great
measure and stand idle and expectanf,
Every approach they think is that OF their
keeper with his pail and long handled
spoon. Every disappointment adds 10
their Impotence and unessiness, and they
are, in fact, fast losing flesh and gong
back on you.
A constant supply of pure driD king water
is equally important with tooG. An eA'
pepsive drinking fountain Is, OF course tue
best method of securing this, but the home
made email shallow tin dishes are the nex'
best thing. 1t is true that a fowl or
chicken will often drink dirty water even
wben clean water is at hand, but this Is nc
reason why they should be compelled to do
40, They should always have clean drink
inc wafer within reach, and ifthIs becomes
dirty a dozen times a day it should be re
uswed . dozen times. g.,
Buckwhest is very good for poultry, al
though we think its merit cannot 6s com
pared with other grains for the same pur
pose. Decayed grain can never be FEC
With safety, should be stunned: Dirty
rice OF rejected wheat both make sooe
grain feed and are sste.
In order 10 keep the feet OF Aslstic'
clean and their feet feathers from ruttiinE
and breaking, keep their runs hberaLl!
sprinkled with clean, dry sand and straw
or chat. Games whiok are pure never
have feathered legs. Fowls may be pre-
vented from picking offa plumage OF o:he
fowls BY using poultry bit. The habit Ii
BEGUN ordinarily in consequence OF clos
confinement Of the bird and lack OF occu
patton. Turning eggs frequently will slC
in keeping them, because 1t prevents IN
yoIk from coming in c9ntact with tn
shell.
The cross-bred fowl is ofien larger thai
suy Of the breeds OF 6ue-bred stock. In
prizes for dressed poultry in Eoglsna nav
often been won by cross bred birds, Just q
in the race of cattle mopgrel steers ire
ouently carry away the prize for tattes
weights. Blood from pure veristies, now
ever, was used in making the cross q
Wsys.
A correspondent says the Plymouth
Rock is the best American fowl for tn
table, while in England and France
vhite-skinned fowl, ike the Dorkiog an
| La Flechs, il preferred for the table, IN
neople of this country demand yellow
Skinned bird. The Plymouth Rock po'
sesses such q skin, has yellow legs and
nlumsge of such 9 color that even whe
,mproperly dressed, or dressed at tim
when pin feathers are abundant, the pon
J try looks inviting. A yellow skin al'
makes fowl look fstter than white on
Do not forget that in winter time ii
birds need more and better fooS than i
TDmmer. Give the noon meal OF crscEe
corn whole wheat and 0sts. The evenir
allowance may be whole corn and 70
feed, which will last them advantageous
through the long nights
Hens often learn to eat thsir ssgs fro
eating the egg shells which are given
them with their food. They find it easy
crush the shells which are thus scattered
their way. If you have plenty OF oyster 81
. clam shells or ground bone. the amount
lime in the egg shells is sssree!y worth sa
ing for your fowls.
When fowls are confined in limited qua
? tsrs the nests should beao constructed tn