The herald., 1893-12-24

California Cuitivatcr: A writer in
Poultry Tepios says: l believe the thrse
great essentials to keep our fowls in
health are: First, pure wates; second,
plenty Of good gravel; third, charcoal
Do you clean your water vessels every
day and keep your fowls supplied with
pure. clean water? There is death in
the drinking vessel that is not scaided
and clsansed once each week and rinsed
out each morning. We all know why
rsvel is a necessity, and charcoal made
.om wood or charred corn will keep
our fowls from getting sluggish, thin
40 blood and fill it with oxygen,
susing vigorous circulation, and your
ems will surely have well filled egg
asket.
when you dig your potatoes, save all
10 small ones and put by where you
IN get them for the fowls. They con-
lin enough starch TO be valuable as
: ealth giving food besides they make
rst-clses food for your laying hens.
void oyercrowding, as that breeds dis
sse, and you may feed everything imag-
lable and will get few eggs. Il some OF
,ur hens are not through moulting,
nall quantity of linseed meal is valu-
)le but would not advise its use other
se as it is highly heterogeneous, but
ntains large portion of carbonaceoue
ements also, and for that reason
ould not be fed heavily to hens that
liable to become fat. 1t is an in
gorating food for fowls that are moult-
or debilitated, promoting digestion
d aiding the formation of feathers.
Wheat produces a healthy growth,
,ds the muscular Tissues ana helps to
oducs fms growth of feathers, be-
lss laying foundation for q vigorous
rer.
Don't forget to give your fowls clover
fodder steamed until soft, or oats pre-
red the same way, for rations. 1t we
uld receive from our laying hens and
.ly pullets plenty of eggs in winter,
must furnish the material to produce
eggs and shell. Learned men tell
that the shell OF the egg consists,
,mically, of carbonate of lime and
orr and one-half parts slbumen, and is
q nposed of so parts water, 151a parte
aumsn, and four and one-half parts
f Gus, besides traces OF soda, benzoin
a and sulphureted hydrogen gas.
yolk consists, chemically. OF water,
oi albumen and gelatine. For the
aas II, oyster shells are good, bones
sted until brown and brittle ere ex-
GO ent, and lime and coarse river sands
red with sufficient water to be stiff,
q BAD on boards to dry. broken in small
:es. Green bones, if you are pre-
od fr hn
cc ] roasted in the oven, sprinkled with
iilf Q, should be used once day.
ran is very rich in phosphates and
90 tains moEalpr less phosphate OF lime,
sno for layifShens is preferable to corn
u Il or othsqS Srains. l have found that
s arm mash of bran with cooked pota-
or Mixture of other vegetables,
y D plentyazof broken; lime, parched
, at night, would bring in plenty of
for weeks at time, without any
,r article Of food except milk given
% and the water warmed for them to
TX. Material for the albumeu ia the
difficult for the hen to find in suf-
Mt quantity. and it ia found in fresh
st milk, in wheat, oats, rye, buck
at, barley and corn, in the order
led. Corn furnishes oil and gela-
Some OF your pullets may not lay
y day, and this ie caused by not eat
enough substance to produce eutfi-
albumen. Mix little lime in the
mash and feed more wheat and
sweet milk. If your hens appear
Ir and clumsy and do not lay, you
lid feed little corn and mostly oats
i week or two. | use oats and wheat
,ether in the spring and fall for
kens and turkey hens. In the abb
OF plenty of sweet milk you must
i5h plenty of meat two or three
week. il you have bone cut
cut your green bones or feed crack
and when you Kill hogs save every
ioT tbe poultry.
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NV to Keep Eorers From Trees.
the Journal Of Agriculture the fol-
* item is found, written by Jacob
4, and is worth considerable to any
hat has an orchard
keep borers from trees use wash
as iolicws: Fresh lime Stacked
soft water told soapsuda is best).
: the wash the consistency OF white.
tor hoase or fence. When one
of lime is useG while hot add half a
n otcrude carholic acid, four pounds
.phur and one gallon of soft soap
yell and it is ready ior aye. If the
hRa laid tue egg which produces
ioTer thiH wash is death to egg and
+. Moths and beetles will not de-
their eggs in g tres thua washed.
wash described will prevent both
and peach tree borere. Wash the
ss, branches and limbs aa lar as the
bark goes. A man Or hey can
100 to 200 tress dsy with a hat
I brush.
weak I've and setting OF soap ia a
beneficial and perfectly safe tree
tt with the exception of cherry trees,
do not need washing. 0ld soap
a that have stood several DAYS after
ID used will keep borers Oft and the
sa smooth, Ii trees are washed two or
.A times in the summer season. A
i1 # crude carbolic acid added to five
s7 iJns OF old soap snds, will keep insects
f months. Many other washes will
insects IRON -Iees, but come are in
IS instead of beneficial. Fruit trees
uitivatsd will grow rapidly and are
molssted by insects"
mesticating the Camphor Tree.
following ia from the Scientific
American Of recent date: Although
he camphor tree is native OF China,
[a man ord Enruoao Tho artho.;4;on IL