Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-08-19
Poultry.

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Brooder-hatched chickens are ant
suffer for want Of heat.
Thicken the buttermilk with mea
it makes splendid feed.
White fowls always have a livel
look in the poultry yard.
There is no better absorbent for tn
poultry house than plaster.
When there are no bugs and insect
for fowls, feed little meal.
Chatter of the guineas scares ava
hawks and saves the chicks.
All mud and no dust or gravel make
lousy and unhealthy chickens.
Feed the chickens early. 1t is tn
birds nature to rise and eat early.
Chopped clover in bags is one of tn
new feed in market for poultry.
Don't overtax the hen by maxim,
her hatch two clutches in succession
Hens like milk, either sweet or sour
and it contains material for egg pro
duction.
Kerosene oil rightly applied to thu
henery will send the mites tn thei
long home.
Over fatness is one OF the reason.
that are given for hens laying soft
shelled eggs.
A diet wholly of fat producing food,
is the worst growing bird or anima
can have.
If size and hardness is desired in the
flock, breed from the best and mos
thrifty.
A good layer and breeder may be
kept with profit for four years. Blu,
the ordinary are best sold early.
On large farms there is no reason
why the chickens runs should not be
very large, as the ground can be put
to few uses that will pay better.
When chicks are scattered abou,
the brooder they are all right; when
huddled together, they are cold; when
sticking their heads out under the
curtain, they are too hot.
A dish full of water from which the
chicks not only drink but get thei,
feet and portions OF their bodies wet
kills many young chicks. The water
chills them to an extent from which
they seldom recover.
Look out for lice! They soon kill
chicks. If you find them use a few
drops of melted lard, greasing the
heads only; greasing the bodies will
often kill the chicks. Examine the
chicks head at night; you may then
see lice you could not find by day.
light. Eternal vigilence will pay.
Keep the chicks busy and they will
be thrifty. Crumbled stale bread is
always good for them. Don't let
them get their feathers damp. Bran,
il cooked, makes a good food, as it
consists largely of phosphates, the
best bone-forming element. Skim
milk is valuable food.
Eggs from the best reproducing
breeds pay higher price for what is
grown on the farm than the farmer
can get by selling it, or by feeding it
to any other farm stock. 1t is skill in
feeding that is to mark the successful
farm of the future, and it is reasonable
to believe that he will feed more to
his poultry than to any other farm
stock.
You should guard against bringing
in new members. The addition of o
single hen from some other yard, al.
though she may seem healthy in every
respect, may be the means of bringing
disease and lice into the flock. Dur.
ing the warm season too much care in
endeavoring to avoid drawbacks can
not be exercised, and especially guard
ing against lice.
If one has no bone cutter or bone
mill. many bones that could be used
for the hens are wasted. Bones are
very tough, and are not easily broken
by pounding with a hammer. To
facilitate such work, however, bones
should be heated in an oven or parti
ally burnt. If we'll steamed, they also
become brittle. After heating the
bones, pound them on flat stone, and
they will be found not 80 difficult te
break as before.
Grass should be thrown to the hens
in a condition 80 that they can pull it
A bunch of clover, with the roots and
earth adhering, will permit the hens
to help themselves; but to throw it te
them by cutting it off from the roots
is to cause the greater part to bt
wasted. A fodder cutter will cut the
clover fine, when the hens will pick j,
up without difficulty. Hens in con
finement require green food, and il
should be supplied daily, as a matter
Of economy.
Any substance that gives off gaseou:
matter for several days is unsuitable
for use in the poultry house as dis
infectant. For this reason chloride O
lime is not recommended, as the chic
ride gas which it gives off for quite 8
while is injurious TO the hens. Th,
best way to disiniect it is by the buru
ing of sulphur, as has been suggested
before, or by the use of some solution
A three per cent. solution of carbolit
acid sprayed over every portion of tn,