The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-18

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~ $50, never allow them
tlyl.-s0 l,Hlf \ 90 run OF waliow
h1b, Llt-.s.l " hero unleachcd
~ wood ashes have
8 i: !: 4. 8: !. !. s: !:
v splrinFly or 1t VIII
kH, more chicks
man Il cures. yo; Il can be- used ju-
dicially on old fowls n lice have ace
cumulated during incubation they will
easily be seen on m. head OF the
chicks. when you take the mother hen
on with her brood rub hr well under
her wings and body with grease when
she brooda her chicks their heads come
In contact with the grease. which the
lice can not lolg endure. Give her q
good place 10 dust herself IN and she
will soon rid herself and chicks OF the
pests. Keep the chicks from budding
In heaps at night after the hen leaves
them. lest some get too warm. after
wards taking cold. which ends In roup.
the dreaded disease / fear Il more
than cholera, although never had the
latter In my flock. and By keeping
everything strictly clean you need
never fear II.
l often read In the poultry journals
that u is not much work 10 take care
OF poultry have always found o.
Just the reverse. Suill. I like 70 for the
outdoor exercise and natural .o,c
have FOR pets. also found Il very re-
muncrltiye. bat / find there is as grca'
a demand FOR that article called com
mon sense IN poultry raising as iu
everything else The third year gave
poultry my attention ! Kept a strict
account with the bIddies. had thir-
ty-two Light Brahma hens and forty
hali-blOOda for Httcrs Ina the early
spring | sold ninety-two sittlngs OF
eggs. twenty-five hali-bloods for sl;-
tiers. and raised near 200 chicks. / sold
some Tor broilers and some Tor breed
ing purposes. aud packed over ijg
dozen eggs dur.,c the summer. / sold
all the cull8 Thanksgiving. and at the
end of the year the books showed a
balance ir my favor OF SI9i.3i. Since
that time ! have kept no accurate ac-
count, but am satisfied TO continue un-
til ] md something better Most II
the farmers have their poultry yards
oyCrstuckCd. hence 10 costs more Ca
feed them, and they are not So rcmun-
eratiye. Cull your focks lu early nll.
and the remainder will do better and
be moro profitable. The cost OF feeding
varies with the price OF grain. Farm.
ers do not feel this as We who have Il
TO buy n the fowls have their no.
erty. the cost OF feeding Is a mere tribe
Il is estimated that one aud a half
bushels Of corn will keep a hen on,
year. our estimate OF the cost OF on,
hen one year. In confinement. wa,
eighty-seyen cents. but she had a yarl.
ETY. OF food. Where they are comfort.
ably housed Il costs less 90 feed them
and they will lay more eggs.
a few timely hints IN regard TO treat.
mcnt as the weather grows warmer
and | have doEe. During the heated
term. all kinds OF ycrmin propagat,
rapidly. and. u allowed. will prove tt
be- the pest whose name is legion
Examine your fowls frequently 10 max,
sure they have no lice upon them. an,
watch with a Jealous eye Tor the An
pearance of TIE tiny. but abomlnabl,
pes,s-ihe poultry parasite. IN,
ounce % prevention should b,
brought into requlsltiou now. II ever
II hens are kept sitting Tor late chicks
have special care 10 provide a cool
quiet place on the ground Tor them. 4
little hollog made IN the earth. with
lining OF clean. fresh grass. IA sum
elcnt II the eggs get foul. wash then
clean In tepid water. line the nest will
fresh grass aud replace the eggs. Care
FULLY study the habits Of your hens witt
chicks They will be- found 10 vary a
much as other folks IN disposition an,
habits. Such as prove quiet sitters
careful and successful mothers. an,
tractable when their keepers approach
should be spared Tor another years ser
vice. have one IOld Brownlcl sevei
years old. and she now has seventeen
hearty chicks. The great value Of mill
a. a food for poultry seems 10 be over
looked by farmers and those who hav,
plenty. Il l. good Tor them In al
shapel, u Is eagerly eaten by them
and they will thrive on 70 as they viii
on nothing else. The above Is largell
my own experience. and hence I know
whereof ! speak. and ! ind that bl
proper devotion 10 the demands OF IA,
nature Of our fowls. one will have hu
little use FOR the study Of diseases Bu
there Ia work about a. aud there 4
about anything We undertake u We a,
| Il successfully, Constant vigilance d
the price OF success In almost evesl
Undertaking. and In none other Is {
more applicable than In the breedluI
and management Of poultry. whothe
pure bred or not. II profit Is the deslr
I ed result.