News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1899-11-22
POULTRY.

Watch for lice on the heads of the
chicks. They are very destructive to
the young birds. Rub their hea6s with
sweet oil or lard.
Never over-feed. Give your fowl
what they will eat up clean and no
more. Rather have them looking for
more than give them too much.
Farmers should breed for increasing
the egg yield and the size of fowl
rather than for feathers or shape;
leave that for the Misunderstanding
Clean up the poultry house. The
Poultry Monthly suggests that a couple
of inches of the dirt be taken out, and
fresh dirt supplied. Good suggestion.
Feed all the chicks all they will eat
up clean and feed often, as they should
be crowded forward as much as posi-
BILE.
Tie farmer who takes such good care
of his horses. cows and hogs, and let's
his poultry shift for themse. YES needs
a little enlightenment on the subject
of rearing poultry.
Some one has said that a dirty egg
is disgrace to the shipper and that
sailed egg Is disgusting to the re-
ceiver. Salt will keep eggs in way,
but it will not keep them fresh.
Western broilers are not proving
satisfactory this year and the eastern
grower has the advantage provided he
improves the quality. A little extra
care and feeding will settle the queaA
ton.
Don't think you are saving money
hHr 1T
widest folly, as it is the nutriment in
the food which tells the story of worth.
Poor or unsound food will demoralize
any flock and empty any mans pocket.
Moulting is a serious process, for it
is such a drain that the hen is liable
to catch cold or contract other disea6-
es. The moulting hen may grow fat,
because the feathers require very little
carbon. and may yet be weak. Do not
dispose of the early m0ulting hen for
she will be the earliest layer.
The digestion of chick is not weak
but strong, if the food is suitable.
Some think that brooder chicks are
more liable to bowel troubles than are
chicks with the hen; if they are given
a very little or no water until they are
four weeks Old they will likely escape
this trouble. Chicks are not all alike,
and what may prove god feed for
some may not prove good for others.
It is often a matter of surprise that
when the work IF Matching for the
| year is over poultry keepers do not
start few broods simply to furnish
| meat for the home table. We talk Of
! economy in production, the small mar
gin of profit. the increased cost of liv-
ing, all of which is true, but at the
same time we forget to take notice of
the opp 0rtunities at hand to reduce the
cost, add to the margin and find the
economy by growing more of the home
table products, especially the meat and
fruit. and the meat product easiest to
produce is the poultry.
1t is impossible to walk through the
markets at any time without seeing
large quantities of extremely poor tur-
keys, fowl and chickens. 1t is seldom
that one sees poorly-fattened hog in
the market. If it pays to stuff with
corn a hog that won't net his feeder
five cents pound dressed why isn't
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that corn to fat en- a bird that will
bring twice as much per pound? Will
the same corn make twice as many
pounds of pork as p-ultry? If not. it
would seem wiser to put the corn where
it will 90 the most &C d.-Rural New
Yorker.
We met lately grower of ducks
! who was attempting the business for
the first time and finding lots # fault
because it cost so much to feed and
they were not fattening. On inquiry,
we found they had free run over the
farm, access to water, and had lived
beyond the pr~fit sharing age 1t is
not easy to learn the Outline habits
and practices may not suffice to-day,
| that ducks to be grown at profit must
be forced for the market, that this
| forcing means confinement, restraint
and plenty to eat, that no water can
| be allowed save for drinking and that
the birds must go to market before the
feathers start, before they are twelve
weeks old. He who grows in any 9TH
err way will find loss instead of gain,
but the poor ducks should not be
blamed.