The record-union., 1894-09-11
FARM And ORCHARD.
Requirements in Successful Poultry
Management.
Shade. and Water for Poultry-Green
Manures- Hoeing Cabbage Wood
Ashes-The Scale Insect-Farm
Houses-The Silkworm-Notes.

A Light Brahma hen round its yards did
Feeling quite proud of its rosy red comb;
'Yesl yes, it is so,'' its mates heard il say,
'The Light Brahma birds are the best to-day.
'No other poultry can make us retreat,
For we take the lead with our fine feathery
feet.
We are very stately, and never fly high;
That's in our favor, so give us try.
They are bought to eat by the swells OF the
town:
And please do not think want to boast,
But we Light Brahmas are the best TO roast.
I'VE are the pride of the market. know:
The people who buy US will tell you so.
w make the other birds look very small
When iald side by side in a market stall.
''AI breeds are jealous of our black-laced
tails;
We are noted for them from America to
Wales.
None can compare with our feathers so white:
They are alone in themselves fine sight.
'sThere are many things 1 might tell you in
deed,
All very interesting about our breed.
ii any breed think they can make us take a
back seat,
Let's hear in the Poultry Monthly of their
concei t."
-Doro5hy NJ. Fox, in Poultry Monthly.
AGth YOUR FOWLS HEALTHY.
One of the first requirements in sue
cessful poultry management is that of
keeping your fowls in perfectly healthy
condition. More pleasure and profit can
be derived from dozen fowls IN good
healthy, lively and contented condition,
than from fifty in a weakly, halt-starved
and slckly one. One OF the greatest mis-
takes made is in not watching closely for
the first signs OF disease in your fiocks
III ha Gialy irdC nd Il
them away from the healthy stock. Many
OF the diseases poultry are subject to on
TINS coast are contagious, and if not
checked IN the start, we find, almost be-
lore we are aware OF it, that the whole
Hock is suffering from a disease it is
almost impossible to check. Taken at
the start most cases can be cured by a
couple OF applications of some of the
Well-knoWn remedies now on the mar
ket. Look well into the cause of disease
and see that it is remedied. Be careful
when introducing new birds into your
fiocks to see that they are strong and in
perfect health. Too many birds must
not be kept together if you want them to
keep healthy. They do best divided in
f1ocks OF not more than fifty or sixty
Roup is one of the most dreaded diseases
we have to fight against.
Much has been said and written on this
subject, and there are hundreds of RENEE
but many of the guarantees prove false.
because the disease has gained such a
hold before the remedy is applied that 1t
is lmpoSsi ole to effect cure. For mild
cases OF roup l give the bird half tea
spoonful OF camphor and put little in
the drinking water, and by giving the
patient good warm quarters and good
iced for lew days they are soon over it.
For bad cases, except in valuable birds.
Inc axe ana chopplng block are sure
remedies. Do not make the mistake of
tooling away dollars worth of time and
nity cents worth OF roup remedies on a
bad case. when the bind would only be
worth twenty-five cents, even if cured.
Gapes is common trouble also. Chicks
troubled with this disease will be noticed
to stand around in droopy condition.
stretching the neck and head upwards
every few minutes as though gasping for
breath. A small piece of gum camphor
forced down the chicks throat will gem
orally effect prompt cure. Both these
diseases arise from damp quarters and
improper poultry buildings. The build
lngS should be built on dry ground and
all cracks well battened to protect against
draughts. Fowls will take cold and have
roup in the driest kind of veather if
compelled TO roost in a draught. Provide
warm comfortable quarters it will pay
you well.
II necessary to confine your stock do
not croWo. A run twenty by thirty feet.
with hall IN alfalfa, will accommodate
from twelve to fifteen birds nicely. Spade
up the part not sown to grass and bury
wheat in it, and let them exercise and
work for what they eat between regular
meals. The next thing to do is to keep
them free from lice and vermin. Use
plenty OF whitewash on the buildings
and keep the roosts well oiled. Do not
be too generous or too Stinting in feeding
W "a ali
do not give them the same thing over and
over again, they relish a change OCCASION
ally. Our morning feed is two parts cut
alfalfa, one part bran, and one part
cracked corn and chopped oats, all mixed
with scalding milk or Water and fed
warm. AT noon and night they have
whole wheat. Do not inbreed if Won ex-
pect to keep your flocks strong and
healthy. Raise your own females but
purchase your male birds from some re-
liable breeder. See that you get strong.
vigorous males, remembering the males
impair the yigor of your whole flock by
Introducing poor males.-George W.
Iighe of FILLMORE, Cal, in Rural Cali
tornian.
SHADE AND WATER FOR POULTRY.
Give the chickens shelter from the sun.
If you have broods in cooDs and have
trees, as you should have, set the coops
under the trees with the opening facing
the north. If the chickens run out. give
them run where there is plenty of
shade. Low growing bushes make the
best of shade for chickens, and in hot
days they make the most of their oppor-
tunities. The hens may be confined to
yards in which there is not tree or a
bush, but they ought to have shade. and
II there is no natural there should be
some artificial shade provided. a good
substitute for natural shade can be
quickly and cheapiy made by driving
into the ground two forked sticks, rest
ing pole IN the crotch of each, and Law
ing upon the pole branches of trees with
the leaves on, the tips OF the branches
resting on ne ground. This makes ex-
cellent shelter from the sun. If nothing
better can be provided. boards, instead of
branches, can be placed on this pole, but
the leafy branches are best. During the
hot weather water should be abundantly
provided three times daily. so as to keep
it cool. Ii should also be kept out of the
sun. just " by sun-warmed water should
make chickens sick may not be perfectly
clear, but that il will do so has been
demonstrated more than once. The
health anu comfort of the chickens de-
nfand that the water dish, or fountain.
be shaded.
GREEN MANURES.
There is belief that prevails among
many farmers that many green manures
are sometimes injurious to crops, causing
the soil to turn sour instead OF making il
mellow and light. This can only happen
when the soil is full OF stagnant water. III
there are underdrains the surplus water
will filter through the soil and warm air
from the surface will follow, which will
stimulate fermentation of the green
manure still more. Something depends
on the kind of green heritage pIowed
under. A growth of clover has large