The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-22
POULTRY TOPICS

Don't be "chickenhearted" nor too
greedy, In wedding out the culls.
Hens do not eat their eggs unless
they learn the habit from having eggs
broken IN the nest Never use stale
or frozen eggs as nest-eggs.
Incubator-hatched chicks do not re-
duire food until twenty-four hours
after they are hatched Keep them in
comfortably warm brooder away
from lights or drafts.
In buying poultry for breeding pur-
poses go to some reliable breeder
who has his reputation ut stake. 1t
may cost little more for the birds,
but the buyer can depend on what he
gets. Culls are expensive at any
price.
To make a good. warm breakfast
for forty fowls Boil a heaplrrg half
peck of potatoes; mash them; add one
quart each of shorts and BRAN n tea
spoonful each of salt and pepper, and
finish by adding hot water enough to
mix into stiff dough
Wideawake farmers own pure bred
fowls, which cost no more to feed
and the ratio of profit is greater than
with barnyard stock. Why should
not every farmer do so? Better test
this matter thoroughly this spring
Experience will certainly prove its
wisdom.
The incubator that was started early
this year is turning out the little
down chicks by hundreds. This means,
with good management, lot Of early
spring broilers at double the value OF
later Matched. 1t pays to be first in
the market with the few, rather than
be one of the late fellows and lose the
cream of the profits.
Fowls need more care during damn.
rainy weather than during the clear,
cold weather of winter, or the dry.
warm weather of summer. Damp
ness cngenders numerous disorders,
many of which are difficult to cure.
Therefore, 1t Is better to use pre-
ventive measures than to administer
medicines when too late.
Those who have never raised ducks
do not know that ducklings grow
much faster than chicks, and come
Ut a time when the best prices for
chicks have passed. Ducks will lay
at least 40 eggs a year. and will be-
ein when six months old. The Peliin
Is creamy white, by many consider
ed the best for the farmer, being
hardy and of good sizc-tlressing,
when In market condition, to meet
the most exacting tastes.
Many country dwellers have never
thought of raising fruit and poultry
In the same yard. They work admir-.
ably together A row of plum or
pear trees can be planted along the
poultry run, when the choice is made
Of location for the poultry buildings
The dropplngs from the fowls improve
the soil about the trees, and the
chickens will eat the wormy and cur
cuio-stung fruit when it drops to the
ground. There is nothing better for
the chickens, and for the trees.
Sitting hens must have attention.
one is liable to forget that warm wea-
ther brings lice. A clean nest Is the
first requisite. If the nest box is well
oiled with Kerosene an dthe hen thor
oughly busted with Buhach insect
powder, there will be no lice. This
means a quiet steady sitter. the re
suit of which will be Il good hatch
The hen, after she is about to leave
the nest with her brood. should he
busted with the insect powder again
Chicks hatChed by an incubator are
very seldom troubled with lice. This
is one good point in favor of artificial
Matching, and means steady growth
bringing them into marketable con-
dtion earlier, and at the time when
good prices prevail.