Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-07-22
W;ashiaatou Standard



Wi.u.W.-h mahos an excellent inject
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r.,uty ii fresh cool water, clean
quarters. proper food according TO age
and ,ud shade. Will insure success
WIKI good stock
N"uui pol'~ max" very poor roosts.
i"Ml'> i.ct become 10" crampcd
w',n complied to cling 30 them dur
INK a whole night.
The care Of young chicks has much
t. DO with their hardness, vitality and
vigorous constitution. 1t is OF more
importance N poultry for profit than
all other qualities.
There j. no food that will make
hens lay Ike meat. Cut bones are
excellent, hut they are all the better
T 'h"y have meat adhcring to them.
II the hens fail to lay shut off the
grain, get some cheap lean meat or
liver and feed 1t once a day, in the
morning, allowing pound of meat to
ten hens At night the ordinary
grain ration may be given.
y common cause of bowel trouble
in chicks is lice. Many, many times
poultry raisers are positive their
chicks are not troubled with lice,
when, as a matter OF fact, the lice are
killing them off. Lice are so active
that it takes a close search to detect
their presence. Where chicks clog
up, stand around droopy, and peep in
n lonesome, disheartened way, the
chances are that lice are at work.
1t is not nearly the disagreeable or
lahorous task that it is frequently
represented, and generally imagined
to be to keep poultry house in a
a state of purity and cleanliness that
borders close to "the pink of perfec-
ton" An accumulation of filth rem.
ders the general cleaning day, when
it comes, one to be dreaded to be sure.
But the poultry breeder who expects
to and does succeed, is not one who
allows this state of affairs to be of very
frequent occurrence-whether it be
man or woman who is at The head of
the farms poultry department.
Brine for Pickles.-Cucumber for
picking should not exceed three
inches in length. Pick and wash the
cucumbers, pack them in an earthen
crock or wooden cask, and cover with
brine strong enough to float an egg.
Spread a white cotton cloth over the
cucumbers, and on this put a nicely
fitting wooden cover, add stone of
sufficient weight to keep the cucum-
bers under the brine, rinse the cloth
every day in clear water, to remove
the scum which will rise and settle on
it, and do this until the scum ceases
to rise. When wanted for use, freshen
the cucumber by soaking them in
tepid water.
With ducks and geese, one of the
important items of income possibly
is the feathers. A full grown duck
will mature growth of feathers in six
weeks and a goose in ten, and unless
they are picked and saved they will be
lost. 1t is easy to tell when they are
ripe by pulling out few. If they
come out clean they are ready to pull ;
if not they should be left a little
longer. Each kind should be kept to
itself, as white geese feathers bring
the best prices, colored next, then
duck feathers, but all bring q price
that will pay for the picking and say.
ing, and sufficient price can be secured
from each to pay for feed necessary
to keep the fowl year, so that the
eggs laid or fowls Matched may be con-
sidered profit.
To Sweeten Lard-Put over the fire
until melted, then put in three or four
potatoes pared and sliced very thin.
Increase the heat until the slices are
we'll Drowned. To whiten add a very
minute portion of equal parts of
bichromate of potassa and muriatic
acid. Skim out the potatoes and
strain into perfectly sweet jars. Do
not use those in which the lard was
previously stored. Tainted lard put
into cloth and buried several days,
will come out perfectly sweet. I
know from experience that the dry
earth process will sweeten old moldy
jars, cans and other utensils when
nothing else will. To keep lard per-
fectly sweet through warm weather,
when rendering it throw into each
kettle handful of slippery elm bark.
Never put in salt, as it tends to the
formation of mold.
Picking and Marketing Cherries.-
The first essential in handling a crop
OF cherries is to pick the fruit with
great care. Leave the stems on each
cherry and touch these only with the
fingers. The most desirable package
is the 8-lb basket. In larger ones the
fruit is pressed too heavily against the
bottom. Unless pickers are watched
closely many fruit spurs will be
broken off. This should be guarded
against, otherwise the yield of the
next year will be seriously shortened.
Pick few days before ripe. The
manner of picking will depend good
deal upon the demands of the market