The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-24
TEE EENNERY.


The latest remedy fer lice and mites
is nicto-napto, which is highly recon-
mended by those who have used II.
oats are frequently recommended as
a valuable egg food. After teedlng
literally of them one season We nau
several sick hens, as result OF eallhS
too much huh. We have no .opJeeeloh
to them when they are soaked ana we
consider them better still II scaldeu-
For a cross-bTed fowl it is probable
that a Brahms or Plymouth ROCK hen
bder to an Indian Game will give as
growthy and fine early chickens as any
other cross The Game VIII give them
better breasts, and great weight TOT
their size. The chickens viii have very
compact bodies although standing nlgh
on the leg.
Proper feeding for two or three weeks
before the fowls are slaughtered VIII
improve their color materially. In most
of the American markets fat fowls
with a yellow skin bring the highest
price This condition may be secured
most cheaply by feeding grain ration
composed largely of corn for two or
three weeks before the fowls are
slaughtered OF the more common
grain food there is none that eXcelS
corn for this purpose.
Many farmers do not understand the
turkeys, and if they do so at all 1t Is
only for two or three weeks before kill
ing The average life of turkey is
seven months, and then the true
economy of feeding is to give them all
they can eat from shell to the
slaughter. On most large farms the
turkeys can find enough food during
the summer months to supply them,
but even this should be supplemented
with a small ration in the morning and
a greater one at night. The morning
meal should be small so they will go TO
the range with good appetites.
Disease and lice are the great OBJ
stacles to be overcome in poultry rails
ing The houses may be kept free
from lice by a liberal use of kerosene
emulsion and by embarrassing. White
wash serves a double purpose, that OF
Kidding the house of lice and making
the interior much lighter. A small win
dow. with the interior of the house
whitewashed, will make the building
as light as a much larger window With
out the Whitewash. If the poultry
houses are kept free from lice, the
fowls can usually be depended upon to
keep themselves free by a liberal use
of the dust bath. If, however, body
lice are found, they may be success
fully treated by busting insect powder
under the feathers in the evening and
allowing the fowls to remain UNI
disturbed on the perches after the
treatment.
Numerous methods of preserving eggs
are in use. The idea of all of this is to
keep air out of the egg, as by such alb
sence of oxygen decay can be arrested
for a. considerable length of time, espe-
cially if the eggs are perfectly fresn al
the start and are kept in a cool dark
place. The standard method, most used
by spectators and dealers, is to put the
eggs in lime water. The process is as
follows: Take twenty-four gallons of
water, twelve pounds of unslaked lime
and four pounds of salt, or in that pro-
portion according to the quantity of
eggs to be preserved. Stir several
times daily and then let stand until the
liquor has settled and is perfectly clear.
Draw or carefully dip off the clear
LIQUID leaving the sediment at the bot
tom. Take for this amount of liquid
five ounces each of baking soda, cream
Of tartar, saltpetre and boraX and an
ounce of alum. Pulverize and mix
these and dissolve in one gallon of boil
ing water and add to the mixture about
20 gallons of pure lime water. This
will about fill cider barrel. Put the
eggs in carefully so as not to crack
any of the shells, letting the water al
ways stand an inch above the eggs,
which can be done by placing barrel
head a little smaller upon them and
weighing it. This amount of liquid
will preserve $50 dozen eggs. It is not
necessary to wait to get full barrel
or smaller package of eggs, but they
can be put in at any time that they can
be obtained fresh. The same liquid
should be used only once.