Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-06

\ aftheE " TIC leiiS through
the columns Of the Kansas Farmer :
what she knows about poultry rails !
ing as follows:
What know about poultry raising have learned {
through an experience Of httecn on farm Nth
all kinds Il poultry, except DNring several
years OF this time have been Invalid, unable t.
do the greater part OF the work that tails TO the lot
az thu farmer wife and takrg care 81 my poultry
has been very pleasant well profitable reeroa
tioa,
The hest capital to begin with Is good sound com.
mon This Nil enable YOU TO that the birds
must he keTt perfectly healthy and the means hy
which You may gain thu, end. Almost every poultry
raiser has particular breed of chickens which j.
the best and every one can make the selections
cur,ug TO his fancy. Nv own choice j. the Brahnia
which think all things considered, Is the best farm
err fowl Their greatest fault = LAYING too few eggs.
unless very extra Is taken In feeding, which
often does not pay; In. when a one-year old hen
dresses six and one half pounds overlook the
EGG every day AMI two sunday, Another very
desirable quality Is their non scratching especially
these icncelcss plains They have desire 70 lind
the center ~ the earth directly under your pet pc
, tnna bed or cucumber tiue,
4 Having secured your breed, your sucee.s will de
pend on taking Intelligent Of them. They must
have clean. dry warm house. well lighted and ven
tlatcd, plenty Of pure water and gosd food You do
need 10 send TO architect Tor plans and sPoeh
r. cations ot poultry house -Four posts long enough
the required heghth, set IA the ground far enough
apart 10 give you the relurcd size SIZED up c,p>c on
the north aud VEST Stated On the south and east
u well covered With hay, the perhes 10 cons., % an
incline ladder Of the required width, the lover perch
. near the ground ~ hen hose Is huit this plan
10 Tor convenience and 10 time in hunting for
~ aud caring f"r the hens have the nest box Ia the
10 hen house IN running the ind one ROW
above another. The -four % the box should be COS.
TO cred with dry dirt aud changed occasionally. The
hest nesting material Is hne hay. The door Of cnurss
III the earth and should be alNays dry once clean
ing through the will do, II there hitter scat
rs tered in occasionally, and dry dirt often In damn
-, weather hut the house must he dry.
- When the hens want 70 set, transfer them 20 TN
I hrzft Ia the uleF "A nd
fall. a BrAhma viii stay anywhere ~ under an
to circumstances, almast) ! have door made 81 thu
stats hanging In front 81 the boxes where the hen
at Sit keep out the others Some time In the trs
noon gently life every hen IN The toD should i
Mt whole grain have the food anl water near. ate
-. ward that every hen Is In her place again >
tHt two hens Il dnte, one care for b"h brood
&c mark the eggs with ink with the date st ~ ~
" give too many Eggs L. the earliest hen set, nor s.
M = hens too early
W. The scentis, Nili tell you there way tell u
tes 81 ugg hut You select the largest eggs and
sill have prcpouderlnce Ot male birds IN hot, d
rn weather sprinkle the setting rgs With water twice
week 10 Keep the shells from breaking Do not ha
ana toe many male b.ris one 10 three dozen ncus
,uld ut nv most mpor,,n, thing have 10 ten YOU
,at Is a preventive Of cholera AMI .es, an1 D
''' know how many more diseases. found q ont os
and twenty years ago, and have never seen u Tall
have never lost chicken with cholera, and la
tate raised from 100 70 $40 chickens ia the for the
fifteen years white my nctghbors chickens have 81
ccs- by dozens at Inherent TIMES. simply TINS:
neye- fail to change the mail birds Of ny flock
Ihat year. get some that not kin TO my hsk e't
nds year, and then market all the hens that are
w year old every year, for he u never "a good 90
ndi- o. lay after the h.st year They ia,ten easily
'oon ! have never lost any cfekets, except a te~ v
lice when first bcgan. Sometimes dunng a long
par spell oi the little chicks viii lice thu
A small portion uf sulphur In lard. rubbed gn the
are Of thu I'D. twhrre they always Fee,h j. the cu
and and during such times sprinkle ~ Ihur in tbs
anu ting nests il the old hen should have them
soon rub The Top o. ne head am NE 'tn, also AMI y
our healthy chickens do not have lice Alter etcrN hr
IN removed from the nest buN u must be eiupttc,i
sprinkled with slaksd lime.
Ny rearing eoops entirely separate from
hen house They are very simple in construct
co,, John Henry make them IA a very short q
S' ridge the width u the coop is throAn ~, ana
~ in coop bnil, on . e secure against lamp lhs
Irish sircd boarded el,,e The hack ends,
divisions With stats 10 accommodate hen e
many and securely covered with hay. The first hen
ming With .a, door: the same oor s Wild do sa
N all along The coop should have stats part 4
N''' tor ventilation wide plank will s,curs III. IrUr
is night We have e rats = ih,' part q ,hs siais
dis min. Keep the hen in tie coop Until She viii
there 20 ruost
tiled soak SCRAPS Of bread in sweet milk tor the fr.,
t: Afterwards make corn meal into Dough with
ultH milk, sweet, II YOU have IT, water. q Is
way ,e@ s a INN @erS,I in" g oo W, Nv
es to &c htep Your tied together With shallow !,
In the hem. In damp weather pat q little cayeuns
per In their toad aud Keep them close Ia cool. d
nd OF mornings and during rains, before coii wel
teach the chickens % to the hen house g. rus-
i. \ have tud sun what practically know q ho
. 80. have rcgCtse l many valuable hints from Agrru
= taA rapers. and also have is,a many tnings Il
is 81 l,,se a.sf !. la,%rf W.T.. ., orr sn ,s,
moi not only 10 the dollars (Which ul'cn ike az
visits to the farmers WiicN NIh which bus 4
Inless coveted Things othcr~,.e aftAiaaple.