Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-12-08
FARM AND cam
Suggestions WORTH
Farmers considst.tIs,
INTERESTING POULTRY
pon't Begin With Too Man, i.
Keep 'rAeronsAsrsa.' ~, NO.
About the Turkey.

!; '0"' the Turkey.
start out with good stock.
Endeavor to have your ao,.
you. S'oan u wifi
An extra dollar or two !,
breeding bird is money well III a.. ,qpsse
A good supply Of road pent
nm,ui, ,maur ann AMIN, line gravel are vor,h q
inr tbe ev,infs wintsr 70 = poultry b brssda. =! \
One OF the best reno,,
pouitry-house floors, aisc ics lor dan
Geodo,rIzer, is air-siackeSJ - excelu
lime is also good. lime. q
Do not neglect tho w..
Keep them filled with fresb .sl lountiu
water. In rainy weather , Lslw sweet, ID
drained 30 that no impure- -ssp ~e Ihe MI
where the fowls may drint Is'sr !, sllI
d.ls,,9 do not !, destroy eggs that h.,.
deserted .s ;f by the hen. or in 10y. asse VI
me .he incubator lamp has eons 49, v siss
tney nave become cold Thavvu vus N
match a good percentage Of strons rnsy ], IA \
Don't begin with too 49,. S'Saka
Select the one that best sr;.ay .any bred
rounding ro1nnd,lngs and stick to II IT, Y kvur
selectlon you can then build IL y caut
naaro~ ,mar VIII De satisfactory to yourss ps wy
Although damp roostinc !.
aoomination, fowls prefer = p,sse sse
free i from vermin to dry one H.. ~ roy
lested with them. This NAV 's. a.,i w
why some peoples chickens NJ, sspaa
roost on trees. "'As prefer
~ may be taken as a yerv oo,a
tnat short..legged will fatten ,so.u som nA
1uiy than iowls well up On thai s 4. ~
ms Is important to the bro;ls. p'as'
whose object it is to get nice Mn, nl,rI Mss Iss
as soon as possible. pumping
Keep thoroughbred fowls onlv n
are enough breeds and enor.L i laeN
shapes and colors for any purnasa ssa n %s|
mixed flock one cannot law pyse. See wa
set OF feeding rules or CLEAN ans nv.n .a,a "
information from his statistic ,s'aas
words, he never knows where hs \ :, o,la
Always keep shells and ori, h.s
your fowls, and for confined bir,,. I vM ',N
or refuse bay, cut about onc-thirl Z sI.s =
inch in length, should be r fr.;al = Y
them. Besides the much. .needsd n,ala aaa
else obtained by scratching in \ ~ e, ~. 1T
and grain, they will eat larae !. no,,sa ~
of it. " poriel
me turkey is an industrious Io,.,,,
ana picks up the greater portion " asi', y
loou; therefore the difference Il X.
weight OF a large and small bnl !, - y
important matter, bringing tl,a ss,naI v
cost OF production down to a lov ,srs srn
when large and small weights ara rn, MI,
pared. .'u
, There is one advantage Of hatchiu,
chicks during winter in California ,,J
II Is freedom from yerinin whirn is..
not increase nearly SO rapidly as durjm
ate spring and summer weather TNs
y where the incubator proves Of gr,t
'aine 10 The poultry raiser, as it is NIT
- Impossible to get a satisfactory suph
u setting hens before February ld IA
,lten later.
LOOK AFTER THE MANURE.
IL Is not necessary for experimena
tatlons to tell us that maI1ures kent
exposed to ram and suu
must lose their essential elements ad
hat, too, very rapidly. We see veryolttl
treams OF dark, black liquid issuIg
rom fertilizer heaps, and perhaps run
ing down some slope into pond or brook,
mere the crops are not liable to receive
luch benefit from them. Why are
hese leaks permitted and how relledyd
re the questions. The first is hard to
nswer, but the second is OF no very dii.
cult solution. Mix manure liberaly
lth absorbents, and keep under covel
lany old-fashioned barns contain no
'llars for storage of manure; and, for
lat matter, there aro very potent obje
ons to putting manure right under
ock, so that poisonous gases will con-
nually arise to befoul the air above
'hy not build a cheap "lean-to'
,alnst the barn to cover the manure
hlch is cast out? This may be made
'ry rongh and inexpensivea and provided
lly with roof (sides would be betterl
he idea, OF course, is to prevent thevs
r from caves and sky from leaking
rough the manure and removing The
st and most available portions BID
g stock well with straw and absorb
is sufficient to retain all the liquid
rs a writer in Practical Farmer. Land
aster is excellent to fix the ammonia
at gas which is so easily lost; and coi
hes, as they come perfectly dry from
stove or furnace, are good for th
ne purpose. 1t is well known that
. ground beneath manure pile BE-
hes saturated with fertility; soltn
Sc to remove this soil to depth Of ai
ten inches, cart it away and replace
in a quantity of new, dry soil, whell
turn should also be drawn out anu
ead on field or meadow. The mai,
of saving manure cannot be looked
o too closely. 1t is folly to depend
fertilizers when much O
own manure goes to waste.
WATERING THE sEEDBED,
Gardening says: 1t is COM
n among amateurs and some proles'
lals who SOW seeds of various klnas
Ter in or out of doors, whether us
is moist or not, to water 1t imms,
Iely after sowing. From repea'u
Is | have found the above practice "
| serious mistake. Ii the soil or con
B in which the seeds are sown is MUS
he time of sowing, do not water, y
soil becomes stiff and forms cru,'
he surface, which prevents the sees ss
4 pushing through. After soWnIS nIs
seed in any soil, except an extreles ent,,s
one, wait day or two pe,ws a..s
ering, until the soil dries up p'esM sas
. Then water gently witl = ~; S
nkler sufficiently to molsten tlle sni =,
eratelv throughout, which VIII sss, s@
until the soil shows signs oil dryh'''
n. Do not do as great many % Ts;s
little sprinkling every day. Jus