Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-01-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
Experience in Raising Chickens
by Lamp Heat.
SEVERAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
Wintering the Calf-Requisites of
Successful Farmer - Market
ing Feathers-Etc.

Fewer eggs will be gathered ii the hens
are crowded.
Fowls two years old are as a rule best
for breeding purposes.
Fowls like mustard seeds occasionally.
also chopped onions in winter.
Alum dissolved in water is recommend
ed for diarrhGa in the early stages.
Medium-sized turkeys that are in a
good condition bring the best price.
Now is the time to fatten and market
all ROSTERS not needed for breeding.
If corn has been put in temporary
cribs, put some sort of roof over it be-
fore the heavy SHOWS come.
Remember that turkeys, being much
larger, need more food than chickens.
They also bring more money in market.
Punctuality should be the motto of
the dairyman. Regularity in feeding
and milking is prime factor in getting
the highest results.
Plan to farm so as to turn off crops
that take little from the fertility of the
farm and give good money returns for
the bulk taken away.
The continued dry weather offers a
splendid opportunity to those engaged
in putting in tile. Keep at it until done
or the weather stops further work.
Young pullets notably lay small eggs.
Moral: Breed only from eggs of hens of
full growth and vigor. The same rule
will apply to all domestic anima S.
Meat, milk, the cereal grains, with
plenty of fresh bone, cut fine, will make
good poultry if they are kept free from
lice and have otherwise comfortable
quarters.
A few days spent in filling the feed
bins in the barn, in storing up bedding
material and making things convenient
about the place will save time and ex-
posure in doing chores when more dis
agreeable weather arrives.
wINTERING THE CALF.
The first year of calf's life determines
to great degree its value as an animal
for profit, says Western Plowman. If it
is permitted to run with the COWS, steers
and older cattle, where it will be josted
about and made to stand back from the
feed until such time as it can get to
take up the refuse left after the stronger
have had their choice, an improbable,
stunted calf will be the result. The calf
must have its own shed, its own feed lot,
its own ration of grain and its own rack
of hay; when supplied in this way with
a proper amount of feed OF good quality,
it will grow through every month of the
year and yield profit to its owner. As
the calf grows the feed must be gradually
increased. The importance OF change
OF feed at this time must not be over
looked. Give little oats and barley
occasionally. Shelled corn is good feed
for the calf, as are also cornmeal, bran
and shorts; but do not give one variety
OF grain food continuously. Give a
change occasionally. The sooner the
calf can grown up to COW or steer size
the more profit there is in the business.
Give the calf chance.
MARKETING FEATHERS.
Poultry raisers should always save
the feathers, and in the shape that
brings the highest prices. And dealers
prefer to have the feathers from
the goose, duck and hen picked dry. If
they are scalded, dealers prefer to do
their own dressing, as in many cases it
is not thoroughly done by the poultry
men and redressing is necessary. But
always save them dry picked if possible.
Scalded geese are worth from to 10 cents
per pound less than dry picked, ducks
from 3 to 8 cents less, and chicken feathers
are worth about half price. Turkey
feathers are also quite valuable. In
picking these save all the feathers that
grow on the tail; also in the two joints
OF the wing next the body. The
pointed, one-side quilts that grow on the
outside or tip of the wing sell at low
price, and should be kept separate. In
packing lay the feathers in straight in as
light boxes as possible. Do not stuff
them into bags, as it breaks them. Be-
fore packing weigh your boxes with the
covers, marking the weight in plain fig
ures on the side.
REQUISITES OF \ SUCCESSFUL FARMER,
To be most successful farmer a man
should be well posted and well educated.
There are few branches OF knowledge
from which he cannot draw in everyday
life. In the natural sciences the gradu-
ate OF the highest institutions of learn
ing in the land will find in the ordinary
work OF the farm a postgraduate course
which will be more practical and thor
ough than that prescribed in the curric-
ulum OF any OF our schools. The
introduction of line OF study in
in this direction given at our schools can
be carried on Indefinitely and to decided
advantage. A knowledge of entomology
will assist the farmer in determining
among the insects which surround him
his friends and his enemies, and being
able to protect the one and DESTROY the
other may be OF great value. The same
is true in regard to birds, beasts and
reptiles. 1t is along this line that an
education may be put to practical use.
Intelligent effort is always rewarded.
RAISING CHICKENS BY LAMP HEAT.
My experience has been so unusual in
bringing through nest OF deserted eggs
that | send it for the benefit of the many
readers OF Farm and Home, saws Mrs.
Conrow OF Erie county, Pa. Having a hen
setting on twelve eggs, she left her nest.
and not wishing to lose the eggs, | took
u common cylinder and put some soft
material in the bottom, then put in the
eggs and covered them with woolen
cloth. The cylinder was then hung un
der the hanging lamp and lighted lamp
set under 1t on the table, pulling the
cylinder down close and turning the
lamp down so low as to get the required
neat, Alter four days nine nice chickens
crawled out, the other three eggs being
lntertile. In few days another hen
left eleven eggs, which were treated in
the same way, and after two davs nine
more chickens hatched out. The chick
ems are all doing nicely.