St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-01
POULTRY POINTS
Derived From the Experience of
Successful Breeder.

Successful Breeder.
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 shell
ter are important items in poultry keep
ing.
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.
So many are sending their poultry to
market now that prices are certain to be
low, so that care must be taken to have
them in good condition.
There is no breed that can be cOnsld-
cred best for all purposes. Generally
those that excel in one respect will be
deficient in others.
Each breed has its merits, and it
should be an item to select one that is
best adapted to the purpose for which
the poultry is kept.
Extremes either way should be avoid
ed. With poultry, as with all other
stock. what is desired is to keep as COM
Portable as possible.
The small potatoes, carrots, turnipS,
baets and cabbageS that do not head
should all be stored away to use in feed
ing the poultry during the winter.
One item in keeping pOulty econom-
ically during the winter is to gather
and stow away for winter feed much of
the material that would otherwise go to
waste.
One of the best materials to use for
eggs is whole wheat given as morning
meal as soon as the fowls fly down from
the rOoStS.
In cold weather a good feed at night
is cold corn given to the fowls just be-
fore they fly upon the roOStS; it will
help materially to keep them warm.
FIaXSeed can be used to good adj
vantage in feeding poultry. especially
when 1t may be rather difficult to make
up a good variety for them.
If the poultry are confined, feed the
| grain on straw or among the leaves so
as to give them an opportunity to
scratch and take needed exercise.
The Black Spanish is good breed of
chickens for eggs. 1t is non-setting
breed; the principal objection to it is
that it has been. so largely inbred that
fowls lack vigOr.
If well treated, early pullets will
make good winter layers. One of the
advantages in setting and Matching
chickens early is to secure good sup
ply of eggs during the winter.
1t will simply add to the cost without
a corresponding profit if more ROSTERS
are wintered than is strictly necessary
for breeding purposes, and those that
are kept should be of the best quality.
One of the disadvantages with guineas
is that they are not good market fowl.
In some localities a few may be sold,
but there is by no means a general de-
mand 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 thai
would otherwise go to waste to keep q
small flock.
Do not pick the ducks and geese toe
late or they will suffer severely from
the cold, especially after the rains SCI
in. Let them have a good growth OF
feathers before severe weather begins
Where feed is plenty there is often as
much danger in overlooking as in not
feeding enough. More eggs, better
health and better growth will be Sc
cured by feeding only sufficient guam
tity to keep in good condition, while the
cost will usually be less.