Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1889-05-23
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the flocks are, if they wander far of.

IHae noG every one succeeds In poui-
try raising is often to be attributed to
uncomfortable poultry houses All
fowls require some place for comfort
and health. When left to themselves
to roam all over farm, they become
improbable to their owner, burden
to themselves and a nuisance to the
neighborhood, if in close proximity.
A certain degree of confinement is nee
essary for fowls. Too close confne-
ment, however. will prevent them from
laying and eventually destroy their
health. A good sized yard or run,
along with place forshelter and reosts
| ing is what is required. The house
should be built on high and rolling
place, so that it can be well drained.
The old notion of using round poles for.
perches is, or ought to be discarded.
Stats four or five inches in width are
much more comfortable, give better rest
and are more easily cleansed by white
wash, or washing in water mixed With
carbolic acid. Lime and carbolie acid
are, in my opinion, preferable TO kero-
sene, and fully as cheap. IF poultry
are not protected from the cold of win
ter, they become torpid; If exposed to
great heat in summer, they become en-
feeGled. To avoid the numerous dis
ases which are brought on by damp
ness, care must be had that the house
be in a dry location, and properly de-
Tended from rain and storms. Good
ventilation is indispensable to guard
against an infected atmosphere, and
suitable facilities must be afforded for
their necessary exercise which all kinds
of poultry daily demand. There should
be provided for them place for dry
sand, ashes, loose dirt, or road dust, that
they may enjoy the pleasure of rolling
themselves, in order to get rid of YER
min, and also for their amusement.
The house should be thoroughly white
washed all over, perehes about three
feet from the ground; for large heavy
birds a good deal less, eighteen inches
apart. Throw loose dirt on the floor
to the depth of about twelve inches;
always stir and sweep the entire floor
at least once a week, this dirt making
a valuable manure. Dig ditch all
around the house foot deep, so as TO
afford drainage.
The shell Of an egg consists chiefly
7 Of carbonateAof lime, and small guam
tity of phosphate of lime and, animal
nlcns. The white of an egg-albu-
men-l.as no taste or smell; it is COM
posed of eighty parts of water, fifteen
and one half of albumen, four and one
half Of mucus, besides some soda, ben
znin acid and sulphureted hydrogen gar.
The yolk tastes insipid, oily; it consists
of water, oil, albumen and gelatine.
The poultry must have something to
form the she'll Oyster shells are pre-
eminently the best; nothing furnishes
SO easily and surely the needed mate
rial for egg she'll. Oyster shells are
easily obtainable in cities atrestaurants
where they are glad to give them away.
Roasted bones, brown and brittle, are
: almost the genuine egg shell. Scraps
Of old plaster are good, TOO. Albumen,
= the white of an egg, is found almost in
| its pure state, in fresh, sweet milk and
r In wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, barley
and corn. The latter furnishes oil anG
gelatine. Of course, fowls, when al
large, can procure plenty of seeds
: weeds, bugs, worms, etc., that furnish
a large portion OF the items named
Bone and shells, however, are rarer
e and albumea, particularly, is hard t
t find. THIS makes plain what We mus
r feed IN order to obtain the coveted eggs
a In winter we must supply animal foot
o in abundance and the material they re
q quire for the formation Of the shell
3 Keep the fowls during winter ant
E spring, on drip ground and not exposes
q to the wind too much. Have every
: thing well drained, SO they will not b
r drinking out of every little filthy pud
die of water. In summer you mus
provide an abundance of shade aut
y plenty of cool, fresh water, changin,
f it at least three times day. Keep
+ sharp eye on them now, for this is th,
: time for cholera and roup. Do not lei
e them eat any sloppy food. or overfeee
i them on one particular variety of food
!, Plow the yard occasionally, to keep tn
!. surface clean, and you will be rewaidet
= for your trouble witt. an abundant mum
. Der of nice. clean, fresh. wholesome eggs
> Poultry, like almost all other AM
;, mails, are liable to numerous diseases
d some of them malignant, and goo,
many fatal. In Oregon, as a rule. tn
number cf important diseases seems t
r be comparatively small and the disol
d ders usually Yield to judicious trea,
It ment. That SO little attention il pal
h to this matter, no donbt, arises fror
. the fact that we value an individus
n foul very little and think it conn az.
,e lively Insignificant, and while the di
"a eases of other domestic animals receiy
r,oo.,,t atfav,4,..,, IL : q.