The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-02-06

! Iho looC0 VI the grass Oy winter ana
spring rains, and assist a fresh and
green growth. But the practice,
sometimes witnessed, of defacing
lawns With coarse manure in large
Jumps, and rendering them repulsive
instead OF ornamental, should be
avolded.-CoUntry Gentleman.
Poultry Notes.
In the most approved plans for
building poultry houses everything is
movable. To rid the house of lice the
following plan is recommended: While
the hens are out some pleasant dav,
take possession of the house armed
with an ordinary large paint brush,
such as painters use, and an ample
supply OF kerosene oil. Do not scrimp
IN this matter. Remove the nests
gently and carefully to q suitable
! place, empty them, clean them and
! burn the contents. Then with your
paint brush give them as thorough
| coat OF Kerosene as the wood will alb
sorb. Do it thoroughly even if you
waste few drops of kerosene, which
Is much cheaper than lice.
! Let your nests remain for awhileex-
| posed to the air. Next remove your
roosts. If they are boxes with the
bark on, you can never clean them.
! Throw them away. If they are plan
ed Jolstss, as they should be, place them
on two horses or poles and give them
the same treatment as the nests.
Leave them, too, in the open air.
Next, enter the poultry house and
| take an observation. Perhaps load
| OF dirt needs to be removed from the
| floor. With your broom and pot of
kerosene serve the entire inside OF the
| house as you did the nests and roosts.
! emitting no crack or corner. Replace
| the furniture and allow the fowls TO re-
| turn, but ventilate the house as much
as possible for a few days.
a chicken if properly treated should
! continue tOgrow without interruption
from the time it is Matched until it is
| fully matured. The most common
cause of stunted chickens is not want
| OF food, as might be supposed, but is
usually owing to unsuitable quarters
IN which they are kept, and which are
either filthy, cold or damp. if not pos
! ltlvely wet. This condition of things
produces disease and lice, which alone
would stop their growth, if, indeed, it
did not stop their breath
Chickens to thrive must be comfOr-
table by day and night, and if they
are comfortable they will thrive.
Make the apartments clean, dry and
warm, and if chickens are lousy do
not daub their heads with grease but
kerosene their houses thoroughly.
Be sure and have plenty of light in
tho Gn,rth G1da Of no r,nrtl+ryr hnr1Ca
| as to let IN the suns rays, as they are
very scarce in winter and must be
made the most of. Ventilation and
cleanliness go hand in hand and are
very importantin securinggood health.
A lining OF tarred paper will serve to
keep the house warm and Is quite 90
nOXlOus to vermin.
Food in winter, as well as other sea-
sons, should be given regularly and in
moderate quantities. Be sure to see
| the fowls well fed the last thing at
night lust before roOsting time, so they
will have enough to last them through
| the long, cold nights.
The one way of really saving food
and promoting the thrift OF the flock
is good shelter. The better they are
protected from the cold the less food
1t requires to keep their bodies warm.
Fat IN an animal is not necessarily
a sign of disease, and a tendency to
take on fat is not to any great extent
an abnormal one. Yet there is a limit
| within which the tendency to take on
fat is normal. There is such a thing
as fatty degeneraCy, by which all the
tissues become impaired and the ami
NAL weakly and worthless. Fowls
can be made so fat that they will not
lay well, or if they do lay their eggs
will not hatch well.
When hens have been laying for quite
while the eggs at the close of the pro
life period will not produce as strong
chickens as those which were laid at
the beginning OF this period. 1t ap-
pears as though the strength of the
layer begins to diminish by this con-
tinued effort, and that the eggs are
not sufficiently endowed with vitality
near the last of the litter.
1t is not uncommon for fowls to be
troubled with leg weakness, particular
ly the large breeds, at certain stage
Of their growth. Give generous feed
and good care, and they will outgrow
the trouble. When adult fowls are
troubled in this way rheumatism or
some nervous complaint may be sus-
pected A stock kept vigorous by
proper breeding andgoOd management
should not have any serious trouble
in this direction.
Fowls when about to be moved
short distances should never be lifted
by the wings ortHcked under the arms
Of their attendants. They should be
seized gently but firmly by the legs,
and carried head downward wherever
necessary to take them. There is no
danger OF apoplexy, as there might be
in human beings in such a position,
and it Is not possible for the bird so
held to injure itself or its feathers dur
ing any short Journey about the imme-
date premises.
Roupis Of many kinds or phases. 1t
is occasioned, or at least aggravated,
by various causes, such as neglect, inn
proper feeding, taking cold, exposure
to raw winds in the daytime and cold
draughts of air by night. It is infec
tious, and thousands ofchickens die an
nually Of this disease.-POuItry World.