The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-10-22
Agriculture.


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The bs.l breed 10 good care, coed feed
good wsisr. warm aud dry houses and
ysrds. Never forget 20 remember 10 vat
u your fowl. and ctirks regularly aud
often, ,ssersi times dsy 10 warm wealth.
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The be.i fsof for poultry house is DRY
earth II II !. ksp, DRY snd clean. II you
have board O DOR cover il some sii inches
deep With dry earth.
Corn is good Tor fowls 10 WATER, WHEN
| IL IL Ted ~ith juds meDi, bal /, should be
led spsrinsiy at this season. IL is IA be-,
lug aud too isiienipe.
Turkeys nqunc DO more care than
chicks and should be much the sane. Doe
thing you must remember that Is 10 keep
them out Of the vet Never let them out
Of IoroiBs uliil the grass Is dry,
Impure cir 10 the poultry house 10 the
cause Of much disease. See TO II thai your
house has proper ventilation.
Raise patch OF popcorn for your io~is.
| they like 1t better then the corn Of large
! kernel. spd while you are about ityou
should plant some turAowers, the seed Is
splendid poultry food.
Burn sulphur or tobacco leaves 10 The
poultry house after closing The house up
tight. il il ia 10 iestesd with the red louise.
Lice are death to poultry; are Is fatal ~
cholera.
| Oyer. feeding poultry intended Tor breed
ing is calculated TO impair fertility and
that species OF thrift which prompts the
activity Of all the vital organs especially
those OF reproduction,
| Chicks that feather quick require spec
ial care at that time. 1t is q heavy drain
upon the system and many die II mol
given proper food and care. For this rea'
son the slower festhering breeds are sup
posed to be harder. This ia . mistake,
nature has simply provided for them sn
escape from this drain by extending the
time OF ieatneTinB'
All breeds should be fed bone meal
regularly; It supplies them With phosphate
nitrogen and other elements that can no.
be so readily secured from any other sru
cls OF food. However much bone meal
they may receive they should have Dol
Of crushed oyster shells before them ct 81
times, Nothing will fill their place and
where they are not furnished We fnd soft
shell eggs
Feed a variety. do not give them one
kind OF food until they tire OF 1t and lose
} their appetite. II they do they will not i'm
prove in flesh or lay eggs. Then we have
no one food that is an absolute perfect food
from which oil the elements necessary te
thrift can be extracted, as the constituents
of no two grains are exactly alike II VT
change from one to another We will secure
q greater number OF the elements to ell the
functions Of fowl life.
Breed for q purpose, the idea that any
one breed is equally good for eggs and
meat is big mistake II you have good
egg market you would do we'll to confine
yourself to the Leghorn, Spanish, Minorcs
Houdsn; and for the market poultry, the
Brshms, Indian Game, Langshans and
other large breeds. We sell eggs BY the
dozen and poultry by the pound; We
keep the ben that will lay the greatest
num Der OF eggs or the one whose chicks
will grow TO the largest size. We will
then keep poultry s,a profit
Don't attempt to run large plant IN
connection With other 10, ming operations.
But few OF these large poultry farms ever
ield pref wien the owners whole time
IL devoted to the management OF II, and
when you attempt poultry on large scale
You can not hope for success. Every farm
though should have Ut least 100 hens and
q small flock Of turkeys, ducks and geese.
With these II they are accorded the same
intelligent care AZ you give your other
farm stock you will receive much better
returns, for money invested aud food con
sumed, than anything you can r.ise OF
grow upon The farm. Fowls must have
this care or they will yield no revenue,
nei, her will sheep. swine or the dairy busi
ness pay unless given proper treatment.
Poultry r,quifes no more.