The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
POULTRY

OAAONOA0 ACOSS
than on raw food because it is more
readily digested.
Winter eggs are profitable, and it
will pay t obtain them by proper care
and feeding.
A dull sunken eye shows defective
nutritive power and lack of constitu-
ton and vigor.
If hens are fed on nothing but corn
and wheat they will cease laying after
q time.
The Brahma, being unable to fly, is
one of the best breed for yards and
low fences.
Because turkeys are good foragers it
will not pay to let them go without
proper feeding.
The second year a hen only lays half
the number of eggs that she does the
first year.
It is not desirable to give too much
r~edpepper and ginger to poultry. Once
or twice a week is sufficient.
Bran for chicks should always be-
scalded and allowed to stand for a time
in order to soften.
Anything in the vegetable line, pro
vided it is sweet and clean, viii form
acceptable food.
A good breed is not alone sufficient
to make moV Good care, good
feed and COSY don,rs are also neces
ooru 6saA 9lT
The ideal diet for poultry should be
neither too soft mol too hard, but a
hsppy medium.
When the cat and chickens lie down
I1gether the latter are always given
ae inside place.
zone pound of cut meat and bone is
Considered a proper daily allowance
NAfor sixteen hens
A good remedy for lice on chicks
and fowls is the kerosene ointment.
Formula No. 4, Bulletin No. 78 of the
N. G. Experiment Station. This should
be rubbed on the heads of the chicks a
week old, and sitting hens should be
we'll rubbed with it under the wings
and tail, when placed on the nest, and
again as soon as Matched. This ONT
ment may be used to rid dogs and
other animals of parasitic pests. The
The ointment is made as follows: Lard,
1 pound; -four of sulphur, 3 ounces;
kerosene, / pint. Directions: Mix the
lard and sulphur, then add the oil and
4hN.o,,-H1- roIv Yam IN q +TCp6f oon
or jar. Apply by rubbing-not for
internal use.
MYRTLE MEADOWS MUSINGS
A certain poultry paper submits the
proposition which Is quickly echoed by
another, that a course of lessons in
poultry keeping, and fewer on the
piano and organ, be given the farmers
daughters. The advisability of such a
condition of affairs must be amusing
TO the farmers daughters. AS a rule,
they are fully conversant with the
methods employed in successful farm
poultry culture, from the very fact
that the care of poultry on the farm is
left almost wholly to the women
folks" The time has gone by when
our farmers daughters as a rule, are
to be subjected to the drudgery Of the
world. They are familiar with art and
artists, books and authors, music and
composers, aud, as conversationalists
are really az fat. 1t is not an uncom-
mon thing for them, in this day and
generation, to be called from the farm
to preside over the home and help
mark out the destinies of city chaps
who want wives possessing accomplish
ments and health. Better give those
lessons in poultry and culture to the
city girls and see if it would not have
a tendency to bring the bloom Of health
to their cheeks. More lessons in poultry
culture and fewer in the care and pre-
caution of the finger nails is what the
city girl needs. But the country girl,
well, leave her alone, shewill take care
of herself.-Fdnciers' ReUieW.
THE POULTRY THAT PHILADELPHIA FOLKS !
WANT.
(which sells best in your market. |
live or dressed poultry9" I asked Mr.. |
Boswell, Of the firm of Hunter & Dren- |
men, who make a speciality of this class
of goods, eggs, butter, cheese, etc.
Dressed poultry, always" was the
reply.
Glow do you account for this, while
in New York live poultry frequently
sells for more than dressed, and is most !
in demandf'