The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-11
rTB POULTRY YARD.

Fowls fed oa bueiwheat are Of fine
Favor.
Coal oil applied 20 roosts in small
quantities VIII protect from parasites.
Keep your fowls tame, for you viii,
nn1 yuu are a gamer thereby. There
src far too many who do not make IL a
point to keep their fowls 50 tame that
they viii readily take food from the
hand; and consider such thing a use-
less expenditure OF time; but 1t Is not,
for tame birds will be more contented,
will lay on flesh and fat faster, and will
lay more eggs than those which are
kept constantly In a seml-wild state
Poultry World.
1t Is not feeding well to throw corn.
grain and soft feed promlscuously to
your flocks, in quantities double and
treble what they require for the time
being. This Is waste. and tends to cloy
the fowls. who frequently show sgns
OF Indigestion. loss of appetite, and in
difference to their food. under such a
plan OF treatment 1t Is not feeding we'll
to offer food to fowls at any time. or no
time, as the mood may take you. Have
a system in feeding and give them
three times a day, at least, a regular al
lpWdn VI Ndlltu lOOu-1ll lney Will
eat up clean. and look slyly over the!r
shoulders for more"
Prof. Gregory, of Aberdeen, In letter
TO friend, observes: AS suppose you
keep poultry I may tell you that 1t has
been ascertalned that II you mix in their
food a sufficient quantity of egg-shells
or chalk which they eat greedily, they
will lay twice or thrice as many eggs as
l.a( A Ill 90
lay a small number OF eggs but can not
do so without the material Of the shells,
however nourlshlng in other respects the
food may be; indeed, fowl fed on food
and water. free OF carbonate OF lime and
not finding any In the soil or In the
shape of mortar. which they often eat
on the walls. would lay no eggs at all.
with the best will in the world"
Well-brcd birds Of whatever variety,
and then well-fed birds, are the best and
most profitable stock to keep. whether
We have few or many. And these will
turn to best accolnt the food bestowed
on them, by more quickly fattenIng, by
more thrifty growth. or by giving US
eggs more abundantly. in their season.
The old mongrel race OF barn-yard fowls
have well-nlgh played out" In this
country. And wherever we see flock
Of this kind, in these days. we are con-
strained to believe that their owner does
not read the poultry or agricultural pa
pers much, in which, at very trlfing cos.
annually. he might readily learn how he
could improve his prospects. in this re-
spect very largely.
Corn meal contains more fattenlng
properties, In proportion to its price, than
any other single article, though change
In the manner of giving 1t will add to
the readiness with which fowls partake
of 1t. Mix raw meal with water for one
days feed and work 1t into stiff dough
for the next day. and give occasionally
few kernels of whole grain. Once in
four hours Is not too often to feed fowls
for fattening; beginning early in the
morning and feeding just before they go
to rest at night. giving at each feed only
SO much as will be entirely eaten al
once. Salt, in small quantities. mixed in
cooked food, gives relish to fowls ra-
fions, as well as our own, and a little
cayenne should be added.