The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Poultry Notes.

POulCry NOCeB.
Gather dry road dust and put away
in barrels in a dry place for next
winters use.
It is not luck, but pluck and persis-
tent, applied concentration to all the
minor details in the care of poultry
that brings success.
Don't give vermin chance, and the
only way to prevent their getting q
start is to use remedies that are known
to be beneficial in ridding place Of
their presence.
Burn all old nesting material and
replenish with clean, new hay. Then
see that the nests are saturated with
coal oil or whitewash that is strongly
impregnated with carbolic acid.
Put the brood coops you are through
with in complete repair some rainy
day, whitewash them or give good
soaking with kerosene oil, and then
store away under cover for use next
season.
Give the late broods a chance to
run by themselves. They will not
get their share of food, nor will they
amount to much if they are jostled
around by the older and stronger
chicks and fowls.
If poultrYman does not get the
most good, the most profit, out of his
market fowls, it is because he lacks
knowledge of feeding for best results.
Right feeding is a science. Poultry
men should study how to feed for best
results.
Keep the turkeys and geese grow
ing by not overfeeding them, and Civ
ing them plenty of exercise in seeking
after insects, grubs and worms. In
another month begin to feed corn meal
dough mixed with milk and fat scraps
and corn, and they will then put on
fat quickly.
For breeding pen of ten or twelve
fowls, room Sx12 will be large enough
for perohing, and laying room, at
tached to which should be yard the
same width and from twenty to thirty
feet long; number of these breeding
pens may of course be made under the
same roof of poultry house, and for
the most successful treatment of this
breeding stock, the grounds should be
so arranged, with grass plot adjacent,
that each yard may alternately be
turned upon it for exercise, green food
and the search for insects.
4 The supposition that common fowls
are harder than pure breeds is not
borne out by the facts. Those who
hatch chicks of the common kinds lose
large number of them, only the
strongest surviving, and every year
they are more and more inbred. The
pure breeds suffer from being pam
pered by their owners in many in
stances, in which cases they do not
compare favorably with common fowls;
but common are of but little value
compared with the pure breeds, which
have been found to be more profitable
in every respect.
To prevent roup is something not
very elsily done, as the fowls are af-
fected by the weather. In cold, dry
seasons, the roup docs not prevail as
much as in the fall, when the rains are
frequent, the ground wet, and discom-
fort exists in the poultry house. To
guard against the disease, the win
dows should he so arranged as to per-
NIT plenty of sunshine in order that
the floor and walls may be warmed and
moisture evaporated. While the pure
air may be admitted when desired
through the doors and windows, it
should not be overlooked that draughts
of air on the birds are liable to hasten
an outbreak of the disease. By keep
ing the floor we'll busted with fine air
slaked lime, the disease may be check
ed in the beginning and the room made
dry.-Poultry Keeper.