The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-07
FOR THE FARMERS.
Some Interesting News for the
RuraliSt
SPOKEN OF In THIS COLUMN.
A Few Sensible Hints to suit the Busy
AgrIcuIturist.-Items That May
Benefit our Readers.
Point. nsl.tlrs to Hen. and Eggs.

Finely powdered air-slaked lime
busted on the walls and floors of pOul-
lighthouses is better disinfectant than
whitewash. and is one of the best pre-
yentives of roup, Of which dampness is
a prolific cause; and of this lime is an
excellent absorbent.
Ventilation has become quite a fad
among poultry raisers, just why it
would be difficult to determine. The
average hennery admits in cold weather
sufficient outside air without special
ventilation. Hens can not with impu-
nifty encounter drafts or currents of air
and do not enjoy them any better than
do people Warmth is necessary to
comfort, on which producing large
ly depends. The best remedy for lice
which infest poultry is pyrethrum
powder blown ma the feathers. Lard
rubbed on the head and under the
wings once week is a preventive.
Scale on the legs can be cured by dip
ping feet and legs into coal oil. A tin
quart fruit can serves to contain the
oil.
Hens take on fat more readily than
pullets. If eggs are desired, they
should be separated from the pullets
which are being fattencd. The less
exercise the latter have the better, but
laying hens should be compelled to
scratch for living.
Foods impart flavor to eggs as well
as to butter. Hens fed ON wheat bran,
shorts, oil meal and skim milk will
lay more eggs, but they will be smaller
and of inferior quality, than when
they are fed on whole corn or corn meal
mush. Fowls fed exclusively on corn
are likely to be sluggish and yield a
small number Of eggs, but the eggs
will be large and of superior quality.
Eggs laid by very fat hens are less
likely to hatch and produce inferior
chicks.
Lack of green food unfavorably
affects the color of the yelks of eggs,
as the lack of grass affects color of but
ter. To secure deep golden yelks in
winter give plenty of green food, and
a little corn only once day. Clover
hay cut fine and steamed is good food.
Cabbage leaves, fresh and crisp, make
a variety, and even sweet apples are
relished. Mangel-wurzels give salts
factory results. Cut the roots length
wise and the hens will pick at them
greedily. Red pepper or mustard seed,
mixed occasionally with soft food is
stimulating.
A simple cure, and one the writer
has found to be infallible for gapes, is
to drop into the throat and windpipe
a few drops of lamp oil. A sore and
cankered throat in hens is cured by a
more liberal application OF the oil.
Fannie Field says, after trying the
thousand and one modern methods OF
keeping eggs, that she finds the old
fashioned way of packing in salt the
best. Cover the bottom of the package
three inches deep with salt; on this
place the eggs end down, in such q
way that they will not touch each
other or the sides of the package; cover
with salt; then put in another layer,
cover with salt, and so on until the
package is full to within two inches Of
the top; fill with salt, and keep in 9
cool cellar on a platform raised above
the ground. - Sarah E. Wilcox in
Country Gentleman.