Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23
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Hints ms 20 the Care of Live stock
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Poultry Notes.
Those unreasonable hensi Here
some phiIanthropist has been advising
TO allow at least one foot per hen on
the perch, and the hens wont even use
the space when II is given them. There
seems 10 be an unaccountable desire
on the part OF hens to crowd together
in bunch and TO roost closely. A hen
seldom takes more than eight inches
of space and no amount OF carpenter
work can make her take more IL
would be far more reasonable II the
hen would only decide TO occupy
the middle OF her allotted foot on the
roost. She would no. catch lice from
the other fowls al least. But our ex-
perience Is that We cannot get the
hens over to our way OF thinking. We
do not say give each hen at least a
foot Of room on the roost, but give
them all they will occupy. More 10
useless.
A poultry writer asserts that II has
not been proved that lime. ground
bone and oyster shells help at all in
the formation OF egg shells, public
opinion 10 the contrary nOtwith-
standing. He may be right but there
are some things that seem to Indicate
that the material thus obtained Is
utilized In some way 10 make egg
shells. Hens will rua eagerly after an
egg shell unless they have all the
bone meal or ground bone they want
They Will even attack whole eggs To
satisfy their cravings In that direc.
tlon. II none OF the material goes into
their system Il Is hard 10 see Why they
should have such cravings Tor the ma.
tsrial mentioned The cravings OF
fowls for SOM form VI lime - parat-
leiled In the animal world by toe cray
ings OF even Wild animals Tor salt. As
Is we'll known salt Hicks 10 various
parts OF the country we're so called
from the custom Of wild animals com.
ing long distances 10 lick the salt that
ooZed out with the water. We know
that salt Is needed In the animal
economy and 1t Is 10 be presumed that
forms OF line are used Ia the anertai
functions Of the fowl that OF laying
an egg with q shell composed Of lime
We are not satisfied that the fowl does
not Utilize this mineral matter. There
are powerful acids az work ln the
bodies OF the fowls that ara doubtless
able 10 make even mineral matter ser.
Viceaole. At least We advise TO keep
right OF feeding lime In some tarm
some Of our agricultural colleges
and experiment stations make the mis-
take of putting inexperienced men a.
tAe mead OF departments. believing
that they are smart fellows and will
soon learn enough from others to
make up for lack Of experience. When
TINS Is done the college or experl.
ment station authorities should eau.
tion the young men not to talk too
much. and especially not to run into
PRINT. 1t Is almost as bad when boards
OF trade take up subjects they want
eiucidated and hire inexperienced mon
70 DO the work. a report on the Pout.
Try Industry OF Colorado. Issued by the
Denver Chamber OF Commerce ig an
example OF this. The man that dld
the work On 1t certainly knows moth.
ing practically about the raising Of
poultry and production Of eggs. lie
deVotes a good deal Of space to show
ing what fortune may be made from,
a SO0-nen outfit. It Is easy. He ag-
ufe5 1t out that thu hens will Law
easily ~ eggs each. or 1920 eggs
tie says that half are sure to hatch
and this makes 81 eco chicks 10 per
cent OF which are sure TO grow TO ma
tufity even when cared for only BY the
ola men. He thus gets 10000 chieka
10 the age Of II weeks and selis them
all at 40 cents apiece, and has an in.
come OF 1890. All expenses he nuts
az sl,o0O. and leaves net pro0t ~
$3.50. or 1910 cents for each ~ tho
900 hens. But this Is not all. He sng.
sests that by planting fruit treea IN
the hen yards the entire cost NJ oar.
and feed could be made from ~.
fruit, leaving the entire reeeipla 10
the poultry, clear profit. or $40 ner
men, The writer. b. l.. WincheI thor
asserts that this is not a fancy
gketeh AMY