The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-02
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one g ths 81 nent stations has
besn cond uetins q Iirlents % Do
termine whether i dirt o. board floor
afs best for pouItr The belief ex-
pressed by the Ell erimenter d 4 that
dirt floor BIZ a. good Al q board floor
so tar as the health of the hens IS cons
Bcerned. The sugg estion 81 made how
ever, that the floor should be bull
by placing on top ett the natural
ground A layer of six inches % broken
stone and covering that with dirt F'orss
ourselves we can see NO good TN the
dirt foor, unless IL Be Its cheapnesss
81 the floor IS comp let there must be-
a constant lpWard movement OF soil
moisture which not desirable
thing III al poultry house. Then, too,
1t mllstS BE except onally well con-
Istructed not to- become damp II wet
weather Too often when a dirt floor
ITS used 81 prowling animals dig under
and get at the fowls, which is not the
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The use OF sand or straw il the
s Sc pens may have some Eject
on the habits OF the hens, as to thetri
places Of laying. There is preference
to the cut straw If he hens do not get.
into the habit Of using it for laying
their eggs. Nv here old hens are ae--.s
customed to nest boxes the chances
are that they vii con ii nue. to use them
B Tor 20 that purpose. The trouble will be-
whit the young pnllets. They do not
Seem TO be very well fixed in their
ideas as to where is the best place to-
deposit their eggs, and at is no un-#
usual thing ito find their eggs on the
bare floor. Where there is a scratch
Ing pen with good lot Of cut straw
they find 1t q very good place TO drop
legs. IN that case remove the straw
for "a few weeks or substitute sand
for II NE .sSs3
We believe that as far as possible
old hens should be used for the pro-
dtuction Of eggs for sitting purposes.
The result OF using eggs from mature
hens hen is to grow birds that will be-
naturally strong and healthy and nat
ulllrally able to overcome any bad sit
uation they may be forced to pass
through. With other animals the Off
spring Of the mature ind viduals is
harder y and generally larger in size
+ than the offspring from immature In
dividua Us. OF. instance in the last
issue Of 81 the Farmers Review, one.
sheep breeder. reported that one nine
Year I'D eve had to be helped in her
/ Landing, but her lamb weighed IL
pounds at BIRTH The man that wants
to constantly Improve his strain of
fowls will find the using Of mature
birds oid1 8 one Of the most potent factors in
Obtaining his ends. 81
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One method Of fattening geese in
France is to put the birds in barrel,
in which a number of holes are bored.
each large enough to permit the birds
to put their heads through. The
barrel keeps them confined and thus
prevents exercise, which is the object
of the confinement. Outside Of the
barrel food rs placed in ahund ance, and
the geese spend most OF stheir time eEt-
ing his food is mostly paste made
of barley, buck Wheat and sometimes
indian cornmea1 NJ Tx and potatoes
are also. FED, where they are easily OBJ /
8tainable. " {
zsf IT, is said that Paris restaurant
keepers are draw wing largely on stocks
OF poultry in Ameri can cold storage
warehouses for the supplies with
which to feed the expositio ion crowds
that will soon throngs their One
cold storage firm il Chicago has al
ready sent l1 forWard five carloads Of /
broiilers for the Parish market.
he wing coYerts' are the broad 4
Tiers covering the roots OF the
secondary quill
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Two Good Cows.
8 So Hoxie. surerint endent Of the ad
yanced registry, Holstein- 3 riesian As
sociation, writes to the Farmers Re
view as follow OF the cows tested,
the two most remarkabl are those OF
sBeryl Wayne, As COW between seven
and eight years old, with a product OF,
"A lbs. 3. 8 oz. butter, so per cent fat, or
% lbs. 80 o.. but ter. at SIS. q per cent
fat; and Fof Lii I'll aullne De sKo1, /
COW about three and fourth years
old with the unpreced ented product Of