St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-02
POULTRY NOTES
Gathered for the ST. Louis Hepub-
lilo Inv an Eynapt Rraadop

Gathered for the ST. Louis Repub-
lie by an Expert Breeder.
Fatten the fowls before marketing.
Send all the fowls to market dressed
from now on.
Medium-sized fowls sell at the best
prices.
i the laying ,hens get too fat they
will quit.
Wheat is the best grain that can be
fed to secure eggs.
Properly managed the feathers can
be marketed to good advantage.
A place to scratch and wallow is q
necessity if health is maintained.
The water supplied to the poultry
must always be fresh if they are kept in
the best condition.
Onions fed twice week will promote
the health and better the condition OF
the laying hens.
Store all the small turnips and the
cabbage that have but headed; they
make good winter feed.
An ounce OF preventive is worth 4
pound of cuae in the management OF
poultry.
Unless too many are kept the poultry
will not crowd one another if they ara
made comfortable.
Forcing the fowls together from any
cause increases materially the risk OF
disease.
Warmth is an essential item in get
ting eggs from now until spring.
Usually it is poor economy TO feed
damaged grain of any kind to the poui.
try. Good sound grain is more healthy
and nutritious. !
As a rule there is no grain that will
equal corn, either for fattening or for
maintaining animal heat; at least one
good feed of it day can be given.
Fowls will look usually cleaner and
plumper if they are picked dry, while
the feathers will be more readily pre-
pared for market. Coal oil is one of tha
cheapest and best materials that can ba
nsed to rid the fowls and their quarters
of vermin of all kinds.
A barrel or two filled with dry dust or
soil will be found useful during the
winter in providing the fowls with O
good dust bath.
1t is not so mnch the breed as the
management given that determines tho
amount of profit that it is possible to
derive.
The bronze turkey is one of the BEST.
It makes a rapid growth and is one OF
the very best for the table, being far
superior to the common turkey.
Poultry, hogs and sheep take up
much that would otherwise go to waste
III feeding the cattle and horses, and for
this reason they should be kept on every
farm.
Buy in the fall whatever breeding
fowls will be needed. This will be
found much better plan than to delay
until spring.
A handful of sunflower seed fed once
a week to dozen hens will aid materi-
ally in keeping them in good health;
and in addition they will add much to
the appearance of plumage.
cit is best not to feed or use sulphur,
during the fall aud winter, and espes
cially after the weather becomes cold
and wet. Other materials can be used
that will answer the same purpose with
less risk of injury. If the bones are.
gathered up aud stored they can be used
to good advantage during the winter.
They are better ground, but can be-
used to good advantage if they are
broken into pieces small enough for the
fowls to eat. When the fowls are COM
fined, variety In feed is an important
item. AS long as they can have good
range they will pick up more or less, so
that 1t is not necessary to provide.
GuineaS are noisy fowls and many
consider them valuable to brighten away
stray dogs or such animals as foxes.
cOonS and skunks.
A small punch can be used to mark
the fowls by making holes In the web
of the feet, and in many cases this will
be found very desirable. especially with
those kept for breeding.