The Globe-republican., 1895-11-14

dry place, and give 1t gooo dose VI
castor oil twice or three times day.
Canker.-Scrape off the scabs and ap-
ply blue vitriol; wash the head anu
mouth with a solution Of alum anu
vinegar.
To prevent the laying of soft-sheii
eggs, feed wheat and oats and supply
the hens with ground oyster shell anu
plenty of time.-EX.
Good Advice.-The paper at PAIN
view, Mimi, says: Now that our cream
cry is at standstill why not the farm
ers take hold of the business in CO.
operative plan, organizing stock COM
pany and realize all the profit there is
in butter. In other places where |
creameries have failed the farmers
have in every instance taken hold OF
the matter and have in every instance
made a paying institution OF 1t. A
creamery is good thing. Better but
ter can be made there than at your
homes, for there would be every con-
'genience which at least many farmers
are unable to secure. In this way the
butter of the community would be made
in one grade, in large quantities and
would give them a better advantage
to dispose of this product. From the
experience of ether communities we
believe it would be profitable invest
ment. We have class Of farmers on
Greenwood Prairie who would surely
make a success of anything of this
kind if they can any where and We
believe the matter should be aeitated.
Elk
Scalding the Mites.-The brood-coops
should be carefully watched for lice
during the summer and fall, as young
chickens cannot thrive if nightly Slapped
of their life blood. Whatever scalding
is done in these, however, must be done
in the morning, so that they Will get
dry by night. If your coops are in a
damp location and you have tiny chicks
it will be a good plan to get some dry
sand occasionally for the floor. In this
land of bitches I never feel safe with
little chicks unless the coOps are
floored; it is not safe unless ones land
is "above water" and not then II 1t be
on the side hill, with a water shed
above. Whenever we have very hard
rain and the bitches overflow, one OF
our coops is always in danger, So l
know whereof I speak when l advise
you to select spot that is high and dry
fer brood coops, or else provide them
with board foors.-Mrs. Meliette IN
Colorado Farmer.
Poultry in the Orchard.-One OF the
best places for the poultry house is the
orchard. The fowls are away from the
garden and have a range where they
can secure plenty of green food, bugs,
worms, and other insects, in destroying
which they benefit the trees and fruit.
The site for the house should De
chosen with a view to insuring good
drainage, as it is most essential that
poultry have dry quarters in which
they may roost, or take refuge when II
storms. On a farm it is no easy mat
ter to give the fowl good range and
at the same time to keep them away
from the garden, the hog pen, and the
stables, In many cases, the orchard
is the only good place for the poultry
house. The fowl do better there, with
| the variety of food they secure, than
| if they were kept in more restricted
quarters. If the poultry house is to be
built during the summer, it will pay
to put it in the orchard.-Ex.
Make mprovements.-Why not tear
out all the permanent fixtures in the
hen house and destroy the mites hidden
behind and under them? Then make
| arrangements to put the roosts back
and the nests in such shape that they
| can be readily taken out and coal oiled.
| See that the roosts are all on one level
and not too high. Bundle foot becomes
very frequent among flocks of heavy
hens where they roost on high perches.
A few loads of sand or gravel to fill
in the low places around the hen house
will prevent dampness, and when the
land is clayey enable you to get rid of
much mud. Mud should never be al
lowed around the hen house. Sand,
gravel, coal ashes or sod should prevent
such a nuisance from ever existing
Elk.
Leghorns are Wild-Leghorns are
naturally wild, but the wild nature can
be somewhat subdued if care is taken.
Now the winter months are near, and
we have so many days when it is unfit
for the fowls to be outdoors, and If
YOUR scratching shed is SO arranged
that they can 60 from their roosting
pen to it, you can facilitate matters
considerably by having muslin front
nut to the shed. so that the fowls can
not 20 out. Then at feeding time
quietly move among them, and thus
gradually have them become accus-
toned to you.-Ex.
One thing is more foolish than to
feed poor food to good stock. and that
is to feed good food to poor stock
Massachusetts, Plowman.