Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-09
Farm and Live Stock Notes.

Don't crowd the hens.
Use tin cans fer lard.
Start the night with warm feet.
Barley for hens impairs laying.
Fair tall prices for animals are good as
big spring prices.
In making Christmas gifts remember the
hired mans family.
Egg rating in hens is catching vice
hens found guilty should be killed at once
Boot soles soaked in a mixture OF lin
seed oil and pine pitch in equal parts are
proof against dampness soaking through.
Try it.
One bee-keeper in New York State has
sold products from his apiary amounting
to sl2, 800 in thirteen years, from an aver
age of torty-six hives. or equal TO S94o
wear. He gave to his bees all the attention
they required.
If YOU find the pump frozen on some
cold morning procure lead pipe or any
! kind of tube, and lower it 10 rest on the
ice. Into this pour hot water by the use
of a funnel The force of the water in one
spot through the pipe will cause the Ice 10
melt rapidly.
| There are more cattle of the favorite
little JERSEYS in this country than IN tn"
| Isle of jersey, where they originated. II
is doubtful. too, whether any better ami
mails remain at home than we have in
American herds to day. Our money has
looked big in the eyes Of the sturdy island
ers, and they have freely parted with their
best stock tor the liberal cash prices we
have offered.
The Food and Time of Feeding Give
unground grain to fowls when they 60 to
ro0st. because it will last into the night
longer than ground food would, with
corresponding benefits. On the other hand
ground food given in the morning allows
OF digestion beginning at once. Thus by
these means. the stomach Is unoccupied
but few hours. and such particular care
tells in the chickens favor every time.
Let the morning feeding be done as early
as possible in the morning, and that of
evening just before going to roost. If the
fowls are confined, with no chance to pick
up anything during the day. they require
another liberal feeding at noon.
Colds in Poultry.-At this season when
human beings are so subject to cold, fowls
too often suffer from the same cause.
Neither are the symptoms wholly different
in the two. these being usually such as
running at the nostrils, watering of the
eyes and sneezing. When cold Is discov-
cred in fowl it should be put into a
warm comfortable place and fed with TODD
OF nourshing nature. For medicine moth
ing better can be recommended than tine
ture of aconite, a proper dose Of which
woul1 he half of one teaSDOOnful of wa
ter, in which a single drop OF the tincture
has been put For an old fowl the dose
may be whole teaspoonful of the same
strength. A little camphor may also be
put into the drinking water. By these
means the ailment will generally be over
come-if not. we would recommend kill
ing the affected fowls.
Dry Earth in the Stables.-The farmer
who in connection with his stables has
some well filled bins of dry earth. or bet
ter vet, muck, at this season, is fortunate
Dried earth has wonderful value as an
| absorbent of the liquid and gaseous sub
stances about stables. By the use of a
few shovelsful of it, scattered over the
| floor after cleaning, not only will the air
of the apartments be rendered pure and
wholesome, but the come out of the ami
mails will be greatly increased. Then the
enlarged value of the manure pile by
such means during the winter must not
be slightly regarded, We have no doubt
this would be double what it would be
without the use of the absorbents The
gases and liquids which but for this would
largely 90 to waste, are the very essence
of good manure.