Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-01-16
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

House the puiiets.
Tree tops are not the warmest roost-
ing places at this season of the year.
Always feed by scattering out so that
the fowls will not gorge themselves.
Feeding sulphur twice week will, in
many cases, cure hens OF feather pulling.
Many make the mistake of overlooking,
keeping the stock too fat to be profit
able.
Better sell the extra poultry reasonably
early than be obliged to purchase feed in
order to winter.
Go over the poultry house now and see
that all cracks are closed tight. Warmth
is an essential item.
If your runs and house are too small
don't try to keep large flock and wonder
why you are not successful.
If you ventilate, don't make draft;
if you do there will likely be a "draft"
on the number of your flock.
Poultry intended for breeding should
never be pampered. Vigor and health
are more important than fat.
Soft soap is considered a good remedy
for scaly legs. Rub on and let remain
a short time and then wash off.
Guineas generally go in pairs, and in
selling off the surplus in the fall this
fact should always be remembered.
So long as good variety of food can
be given, the fowls will usually need
very little stimulants or condiments.
Healthy, thrifty fowls are invariably
early risers, and they should be fed as
soon as they fly down from the roosts.
Unless good care is taken in the Sc
lection of the breeding stock, the best
breed will soon degenerate to be not bet
ter than dung hills.
At the present price Of grain will it pay
you to carry raft Of cockerels till
spring and then sell them as cold
roosters?" Don't go to sleep and lose
your head; act with judgment.
In our own flock of poultry the remedy
we find sure cure for all diseases and
ailments is to bleed, with one blow of
the Ratchet, directly back of the ears.
1t is very inexpensive and effectual.
On many small farms combination of
small fruits, bees and poultry can be
made very profitable. Like every other
kind of work, however, care and atten-
ton must be given if the good results are
realized.
1t is unnecessary to teach an incubator
Matched chick to eat, they will soon
learn. They never require food for the
| first twenty-four hours. Afterward they
| will generally obey the instincts of
nature and peck around for morsel.
The cold affects the milk product of
unprotected dairy COWS very unfavorably
If you wonder what makes the cattle
shrink so in their milk we say cold wealth
er and exposure 30 wind and rain. It
pays to keep mich cows in a warm
stable these cold nights, also to mix
their mess of mill feed with warm mot
hoD water.
With plenty of pasture land geese can
be made profitable if they are we'll man
aged. They need good shelter in
winter. 1t is not too late yet to lay in a
good supply of road dust to use for the
dust bath, and to use as an absorbent.
Good males are the most important part
of the flock, at least so far as the breed
ing is concerned.
The manager of a poultry farm which
has been in existence five years, without
an epidemic of any kind of diseases, says
an inhexible rule of the establishment il
to kill every chicken that shows a de
cided lack of vitality. It is poor economy
Of time, patience and feed to attempt tt
coddle weak or sickly chickens. Thu
| healthiest and strongest alone are kept