The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-01
AMONG THE POULTRY.
How to Realise n Fair PROFIT from Esisiss
All Kinds OF Fowls.

Market the poultry, dressed, as soon
as the weather will permit
Whenever salt is given. mix 1t thor
| oughly with the food.
Good stock, good care and good
shelter are important items in poultry
keeping.
By weight, ducks will lay more eggs
during the year than hens.
Guineas are good layers. and people
who are fond Of wild fowls will like
them for the table.
One advantage in using tarred paper
for lining the poultry house is that, in
addition to making the house warmer,
vermin do not like it.
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sidered best for all purposes. Gener-
ally those that excel in one respect
will be deficient in others.
Each breed has its merits and it
should be an item 10 select one that is
best adapted to the purpose for which
the poultry is kept
Extremes either way should bo
avoided. With poultry, as with all
other stock, what is desired is to keep
as comfortable as possible.
The small potatoes, carrots, turnips,
bcets and cabbageS that do not head
should all be stored away to use in
feeding the poultry during the winter,
One Item in keeping poultry cconom-
ically during the winter is to gather
and stow away for winter feed much of
the material that would otherwise 20
TO waste,
One of the host materials 10 use for
eggs is whole wheat given as a morn
ing meal as soon as the fowls Ay down
from the roosts.
In cold weather a good feed at night
IS whole corn given 10 the fowls just
before they fly upon the roosts; it will
help materially to keep them warm.
FIax-seed can be used 10 good ad-
vantage in feeding poultry, especially
when it may be rather difficult to
make up a good variety for them.
II the poultry are confined, feed the
grain on straw or among the leaves. 50
as to give them an opportunity to
scratch and take needed exercise.
The black Spanish is a good breed OF
chicken for eggs. 1t is Il non-setting
breed; the principal objection to it is
that it has been so largely inbred that
the fowls lack vigor.
If we'll treated, early pullets will
make good winter layers. One Of the
advantages in setting and Matching
chickens early is to secure a good sup
Ply Of cEEs during Mr. nluter.
1t will simply add to the cost with
out corresponding profit if more
roostcrs are wintorod than is strictly
necessary for breeding purposes, and
those that are kept should BE- Of the
best quality.
One OF the disadvantages with
suineas is that they are not good
market fowl. In some localities few
may be sold, but there is by no means
a general demand for them as for other
fowls.
The advantage in keeping only a
small flock is. that better attention can
be given in proportion to the number;
and on the majority Of farms there will
be sufficient quantity of material tha,
would otherwise 20 to waste to keep
3 small flock.
DO not pick the ducks and geese TOO
late or they will suffer severely from
the cold, especially after the fall rains
set in. Let them have good growth
of feathers before severe weather be-
gins,
Where feed is plenty there is often
as much danger in over-fecding us ia
not feeding enough. More eggs, bet
ter health and a better growth will be
secured by feeding only sufficient
quantity to keep in good condition,
while the cost will usually be less st
Louis Republic.