St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-31
AMONG POULTRY.
Points Gathered for the ST. Louis
Republic.

Points Gathered for the ST. Louis
Republic.
The fowls love an occasional dose of
charcoal.
Wheat and oats in rotation make a
good feed.
Sprinkle dry ashes or dry earth under
the roosts frequently.
Change the dust bath every two
weeks; it will help to keep the fowls
free from lice.
Late turkeys can be marketed now to
a good advantage. Sell all not wanted
for breeding.
There is no advantage in allowing the
poultry to tramp around in the snow.
Better keep them confined while the
weather is bad.
The advantage with both geese and
ducks is that in addition to the eggs and
poultry that can be marketed good
supply of feathers can be secured.
Painting the roosts and nests with
kerosene is one of the very best plans of
getting rid of vermin. 1t can be done
every two or three weeks with profit.
The objections to using sulphur in
their food or busting it in the nests, is
that if the fowls get wet afterward there
is danger of sutfening them. If used
at all, the better plan is to fumigate
with it.
There are few farmers that give their
poultry the same attention that they do
their other stock, and this is one reason
why so many fail to realize the profit
they should.
Lime water is not only good cor
receive of bowel diseases. but is also
good remedy for soft-shelled eggs. Keep
can help themselves.
In putting eggs aside to keep for set
ting care should be taken to keep at as
even temperature as possible; they
should be turned regularly every two or
three days.
Sprinkllng the hot ashes from the coal
stove under the roOsts will aid in keep
ing the fowls free from throat and lung
troubles.
1t is usually best not to attempt to
hatch out ducks too early. The better
plan will be to wait until the weather
becomes fairly well settled. They will
thrive better than if Matched early.
The advantage with early turkeys is
that if kept growing during the summer
they will be ready for market much
earlier in the fall and will weigh con-
siderable more when sent to market.
Keeping old rusty nails in the drink
ing water is good plan of supplying
the fowls with a tonic. The water
must be kept fresh.
While there is plenty of time, prepare
small yard where the hens can be
kept until the chicks have made suffi-
cient growth to be allowed to run out.
1t should be dry and have good shell
tiers.
1t is rather in the feathers that can be
seccred than the eggs of fowls that it
may be possible to sell, that the keep
ing of geese can be made profitable.
And as old geese will furnish the
feathers fully as we'll as young, the
necessity for Matching and Raising
young fowls is largely decreased.
1t is not best to depend entirely upon
young fowls for breeding, nor on the
other hand should all of them be old,
because in many cases the chickens
will lack vigor. Use some old hens
and some pulletS but let the ROSTERS be
two years old.
One of the most important items In
setting hens early is to have the nests
warm and dry. Make them tight and
set them in the warmeSt part of the
house. and put in good supply of dry
material.
Every time piece of land is cleared
of its timber large amount of potash is
carried away in the timber removed. 1t
is serious loss of that substance, and
the land should be we'll dressed with
ashes, or some other kind of potash COM
pound. Land can be exhausted of it's
mineral matter by the production of
trees for cOrdWOod and lumber as by
other crops.