The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-26

Mr.. Hvle "a careful 10 30 feed his
hens that they will remain In Yigof'
ous health. He ls careful not % burn
out their digestive systems BY an ea-
elusive grain diet The morning ieea
usually consists Of warm mashea. tns
digestion Of which Is easy. This saves
a large part OF the tax upon the O.
gestive organs. In the middle OF me
day wheat or some other small gram j
thrown into cut straw or chan, ana ths
biddiea have TO work for every gram
they get. At night an abundant ieea
OF corn is given. In this way hia
birds escape the attacks OF indigestion
so common to many carelesaly req
hocks
In conjunction with the corn carni-
val recently held at Peoria, there was
a small display OF poultry A major
lty Of the exhibitors were local breed
ers, but the largest exhibitor By faf
was Geo. A. Hyle OF Washington. ~, ,
we'll known to many readers Of the
Farmers Review. Among the birds
sLown BY him We noticed Bun Ply
mouth Rocks. Barred Plymouth Rocks,
White Plymouth Rocks, Muscoyy
ducks, white and co.ored Alysbury
ducks. Rouen ducks, Pekin ducks.
Embden. Toulouse and China geese,
and white Holland turkeys. These
are but a few OF the varieties handed
by Mr.. Hyle. Being asked how he
could successfully manage 50 many
kinds OF fowls. the owner replied that
he did 1t BY farming out some Of the
varieties on shares. Mr.. Hyle may 90
this successfully. as he has number
Of relatives that are engaged IN farm
ing, and on whose judgment ana e.
perience be may depend We have
heard OF the same system being tried
elsewhere and falling The success
OF Mr.. Hyle illustrates the fact that
one man may succeed with the very
method that some other man has dis-
earded.
At present he Is raising water fowls
without the assistance OF water for
swimming purposes. He. however.
does not agree with those men that
say that water. except to drink, Is not
an advantage 70 water fowls. but be-
lieves they will do better With ponds
in which to swim. as that Is along
the lines OF nature. He Is considering
tha advieabilItv OF constructing for
this purpose small swimming places
eemented on the bottoms and sides 70
keep the water clear. Into this Wa
ter he would throw the corn fed tho
birds and let them dive for Il. This
would induce exercise. just aa with
hens the throwing OF the wheat into
the chan and compelling them %
scratch for Il induces exercise. Water
fowls cannot be made 70 exercise by
having their grain thrown into a mass
OF cut straw; they refuse 70 Initiate
the hen and scratch Therefore Il
Is advisable to employ the measures
that nature has made apparent ag ap-
plying to them. There are. however,
some obstacles IN the way Of building
cemented ponds. The principal one -
the likelihood Of the cement being
broken each winter BY the action OF
frost This would be almost certain
to be the case n the cement we're laid
on a clay foundation. The danger
may be obviated BY making the i'm
mediate foundation under the cement
small stones or coarse gravel Side
walks are In this way laid on all kinds
OF soils. and, II constructed Of good
material. last indefinitely The water
in such ponds might need 10 Be
drawn on before heavy freezing
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