Hutchinson gazette., 1899-10-19

tins TO steal march on theHI n
YOU have had them this summer at all,
begin a campaign against them now,
even though you arc not able to find
one A thorough whitewashlng OF tho
house should cover up all mites, and
by this means perhaps you Will be able
to eyterminato tho last one. Many q
poultryman conducts his business for
years without ever having red mite
on hlS premises, SO II is possible 10
DO entirely free from this post.
Another bad habit IA reported TO be
gaining ground among shippers OF
poultry--the marking OF their ship
ments at few pounds more than they
actually weigh and demanding returns
from tho commission man accordingly
Tho commission men have found II out,
but do not llko to refuse TO make re-
turns according to markings, for fear
Of losing customers, II the habit Is
not abandoned II will simply lead TO
the commission mon getting oven with
the shippers by some smart practices,
for which they have abundant oppor-
tunlty. In gamo OF this kind tho
shipper Is certainly not In u position
to beat tho mlddleman, and he had
better give It up, II moreover partakes
OF tho character Of n dishonest act and
will not pay in the long run. What wo
want In the whole commission business
II strict honesty In dealing, and we
have even had laws passed TO force tho
commission men TO be honest II Is
not wise for the shipper to thus set
tho commission man an example In
dishonesty.
There is no money In the poultry
business without work. In many cases
II requires more than work-study.
Tho man that expects TO keep large
flock of hens by simply having good
houses and yards Will fail, lie cannot
run flock OF 100 or 200 hens by just
running out In the morning, throwing
out few measures of grain, giving
them supply Of water and going
away at tho sPme qulck-step Mt which
ho came. That may work for awhile,
but he will soon find either that his
fowls are not doing well or that they
arc dying of from somo mysterious
dIoooun A n,nu uul otn, niU Oai nny
for tho time he puts in and not for
time that he spends at other affairs
A man who attempts TO keep 100 hens
will be surprised at the amount OF
time II takes him each day to look
after them. When II Is not one thing
to use uD his time II Is another. But
there Is money in poultry for the man
who expects to attend to 1t as he would
expect to attend to any other kind OF
business.
We see that writer In noted poul-
try journal attacks tho feeding OF sour
milk to fowls. The article starts out
with almost a promise Of proving that
sour milk Is a detriment to the health
of the fowls, but ends up with the nd
vice TO feed the milk mixed with tho
ground food. The chief argument Is
that when the milk Is fed In bulk the
hens and chicks get wet In It and then
get covered with dirt and illcs, on ac-
count of which they present a very
sorry appearance, One would think, to
hear the argument, that there was no
possible way Of feeding milk to fowls
without doing so In a way that would
permit them to bath in II at tho same
time. But experienced poultry ralsera
know good many ways to prevent
such an episode. The writer feeds sour
milk to his hens in largo quantities
He does so by feeding In n largo pan,
only an edge Of which is in the poultry
yard. The fowls can come and drink
at leisure and at WILL but they get no
chance to batho in the milk The
ground around does not become soiled
and filthy as the writer In tho con-
temporary complained, The milk is
eaten with ayldity and we have never
been able to detect any but good re-
suits from lis use.