Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
POULTRY YARN,

POULTRY YARN.
Cold and damp are fatal to youne TIN.
keys
OF the varieties Of game fowls III.
duck winged is one Of the most beauti.
full.
Save all the poultry droppings and
add to the credit column of your ar.
count
Weed your focks of all superfluou,
roosters and hens that lay only ever1
other day.
An observant poultryman saws tina,
young turkeys invariably choose IN,
dandelion before all other green food.
Fill the poultry house full of the dust
of buhach or Dalmatian insect powder.
close the doors for an hour, and. if well
blown in, the dust will kill the lice.
Felch tells that green ducklings, celery
and milk and barley fattened, are fas,
becoming substitute for the wild duck
and game supply OF the country, which
are on the fast decline.
Wheat contains burger per cent Of
albumen than any other grain, and for
this reason is one Of the best to feed l,eus
to promote laying 1t should not be
made an exclusive food, however.
1t is no easier to keep poultry than to
keep other stock, as labor and proper
management must be used to meet Sue
cess. Less capital may be required in
poultry, but it must he judiciously ex-
pended, or loss can result as easily a,
from any other source. Experience isof
more value than capital in poultry rais-
ing.
Laying hens require meat more espe-
cially in cold weather, when eggs arc
scarce. We would, however, prefer to
give them all the skim milk they vii;
drink. this being good substitute foe
meat. and in some respects more health
full. On the farm, where milk is usually
plenty, there should be fresh milk pro-
vided for both old and young stock. You
will see good results from such a course
Try it.
An experienced poultryman says tbs
best paying ducks he ever knew of never
saw a brook or pond, but were allowed
an ordinary milkpan of water. When
fed they were quiet, instead of rambling
to the brook aud drinking enough to carry
the food out of the system before its full
nutriment lad been absorbed. Ducks
can be reared profitahly on dry ground
Do not let them run in wet grass or in
too much shade when young, as it is apt
to cause rheumatism. Feed often and
keep a dish Of water at their feeding
place.
Fowls want green food, especially in
the season for it. and where they have
their liberty they consume large quanti-
ties of grass; also vegetables if they can
get at them. When confined in little
runs they should have a small supply
with their other food daily. Clover il
always welcome. There is nothing they
like better than cabbages, both heads and
leaves By sowing bed in the garden
with cabbage seed, early and thick, .
plentiful supply of leaves can be fur
nished them before the transplanted
plants head.
The Poultry Revie,o says to raise fowls
for eggs alone select the Leghorns, white
face black Spanish Minorcas or some lay
ing breeds. For market poultry exclu-
sively select the Dorkings, Asiatics, or
some of the American breeds, all of which
are good for that purpo.e Should both
eggs and meat he desired try cross bred
fowl. We think the following makes al
good cross as any TO be had: A black
Leghorn cock bred to Langshan pullets.
a white Leghorn to light Brahmas. 4
brown Leghorn to partridge Cochins, and
cuckoo Leghorn to either the American
Dominiques or barrel Plymouth Rocks
Chicks of either of these crosses will com
bine the laying instincts Of the sire with
/; the size Of the hens.