The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-03-05
FARM AND GARpES NOTES.

Market the eggs before they arc
stale.
Breed eve lambs at two years old at
the earliest.
Thrce-year-old hens produce strong
er stock than pullets do.
Two pints of oats, two of bran and
one of corn make good ration for
the eve.
Good birds are cheap enough to
make 1t unnecessary to breed from
poor stock.
Some people stamp their eggs with
rubber stamp, giving the date on
which they were laid.
Sheep sniff ut ensilugc, and If in any
large quantity they Will eat very little
and then reject the remainder.
Rolled oats nre tho best for hens.
but crushed oats are nearly as good.
and on the score of economy better.
The rooster cats rs much rs hen
and makes no return. He is an .ex-
pensive ornament If he is not needed.
The value of cut clover hay, scalded
and fed with bran and ground oats.
can not he over estimated rs an egg
food.
The Brown Leghorn hen that took
ilrst prize Mt the last New York show
had SIX spikes on her comb, though
five are preferred, other things being
equal.
Remember that when you feed meat
for eggs it should be lean. If Won
want to fatten them quickly feed a
pound of crude tallow with soft food
once day for twenty hens.
The practice of feeding sheep as lit,
tie rs possible is ruinous to profits.
There is 10 economy in keeping the
grain bin locked in the management
of any kind of stock.
In commencing in the sheep bust
ness do not get too large a flock. You
may about kill the flock before Won
get used to the work, and in that case
1t is better to practice on n few.
Wire fence as an insufficient shelter
has been so much written about that
it should be we'll understood by this
time. Ii the writing has not con.
WINGED anybody, experience should
have done so.
If the eyes of hen are swollen. il
is pretty sure that she has taken cold.
Rub sweet oil over her face, comb and
wattles, and put her in n barrel nj
night. There is probably draft
somewhere in the roosting place.
Close it up.
In building your heusc, if YOU have
two layers OF boards with paper be.
tween, always leave q space of an inch
or two between the boards, for the mir
to circulate through, otherwise Won
will be troubled with frost and damn.
ness inside the house.
Never Jump to the conclusion tbat
every sore foot in Hook indicates tho
presence Of contagious foot rot There
may be Il good many pretty sore feet
and yet not be contagious foot rot
1t IS well enough, however, TO be on
tue sale side and separate sore footed
sheep at once.
a good rule to follow is to feed Won,
hens about as you would vour COW
only cut the feed finer Chopped up
clover or even corn fodder, will prove
beneficial alike TO hens and COWS, and
what will produce milk will also help
along the egg crop. There are few
thin IS better calculated to make hens
lay than sour milk. Mixed with the
morning mash, it is the best If food
for laying hens
During open weather NJ will be we'll
Co watch ont for lice. Examine the
porches, ut the ends, and if there ia
the slightest evidence Of their defcsti.
BILE presence, get some gasoline and
sprinkle tho place thoroughly. We
prefer gasoline 90 kerosene. re kills
instantly soon evaporutcs, and leave
no smell behind. BE careful 10 have
no matches where it is nor fire i'm any
hnpc, rs 1t is explosive. But it will
kill lice.
Tho muscles of a pigs snout arc e.l.