Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

views on deformed chicks, cites an
instance where laying hen caught
her foot in steel trap and was held
Il long time, her foot 50 badly lacera-
ted that the toes were amputated.
The accident shocked the nervous
system of the hen TO such anextent,
that flve-sixths of the chicks Matched
from her eggs the following season
were club footed in the foot cores
ponding with the injured foot in the
hen.
Poultry that has the freedom of
the farm can be fed almost anything.
Corn produces too much fat, especial
ly when the stock is partially COLI
fined. When at large the fat is in .
measure run of, but not SO in small
yards. The quickest way 10 fatten
for market is to coop up in limited
yards and feed on warm corn meal
and cooked potatoes. A full feed in
the evening of corn is necessary to
produce the best result. Don't for
get that hens made too fat will not
lay, therefore feed on oats, wheat and
barley.
The best possible sign that the poul-
try business is on the increase in the
South. Is that all the agricultural and
stock journals are devoting more or
less space to this interest. Another
good omen is that the business man.
ayers of these papers are reaching
out after the poultry advertisers, but
the best of all is that Northern breed
ers are shipping fine poultry to the
South almost by the wagon load.
Many persons are taking advantage
Of the low prices that prevail at this
season of the year and those that do
this are decidedly smart as they save
from one-half to two-thirds what
they will have to pay next spring.
Over crowding is one of the great
evils. Amatuers, as a rule, are the
victims of this practice and the poul-
try suffers the bodily pain while the
owner mourns the financial loss. A
crowded house demands constant at
tention, proper feeding, pure air and
water. 1t is no hard task to doctor
three or four sick fowls, but when II
comes to forcing pill down the
throats of a hundred or more, then
the task is heavy and hard 10 per-
form. People who are trying to build
up Il trade in pure bred stock will
find the best thing for them TO do is
to sell oifeverythlng they do not in
tend TO breed next season and thus
give the breeding stock all the room
during the winter. You thus save
over-crowding and run less risk from
loss by disease.
One of the best turkeys for market
purposes is the White Holland. Their
size is about twenty-five pounds for
male and eighteen pounds for the fe-
male. In color they are pure white,
face and jaws very bright red, the
breast is broad and deep, furnishing
a large surface to lay on meat, the
thighs are long and heavy, and the
wings very strong. When dressed
the body has good appearance and
readily sells to consumers as pen
feathers are very few and moi
readily seen. They do not mature
as rapidly as the Bronze but are more
domesticated and do not stray ava,
so far. No turkey does well in con-
finement, but the White Holland will
remain about the barn yard and Dc
as well, if not better, than Leghorl
chickens.
Subscriber, Jeffersontown, Ky.
TO fatten your turkeys rapidly
feed them every morning all thel
will eat, of scalded corn meal, ant
feed while warm. Two or tire,
times a week vary this feed with
mixture of cooked vegetables thick
ened with meal, shorts or bran. l
you have meat scraps feed these, an,
if you haven't them go to meat shoI
and secure cake of cracklings. Keel
them from wandering away by fur
nishing them all they will eat nea
the house, but do not confine them 81
close that they become restless o
frightened. Let them have all tn
corn they will eat at all times ant
have water where they can get at !
when wanted.