Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19
POULTRY POINTERS
FOR FARMERS.

If there is a poultry house on the place
In which hens were kept last winter that
were affected with scaly leg, the hens
that are put In confinement there the
coming winter will have the same trout
bic, unless the house has In the mean
time been very thoroughly cleaned and
dlsinfectod says writer In the Farmers
Tribune. More than this, II one OF last
years flock remains, on the legs OF
which the traces OF the disease are still
visible, and Is put back In the house
with the others that have heretofore
been free from the trouble she will COM
muniCate, II TO the entire flock before
spring Scaly leg Is easily cured In It's
tirst stages but is hard 70 get rid OF
Is an ugly Disagreement, and should DO
subdued at the start.
TO MAKE FOWLS TAME.
Leghorns. Hamburgs, and some OF the
small breeds are usually considered to
be very wild birds, but they can be
famed as readily as any other fowls,
They can be taught to come at call,
ana even eat from the hand, but they
must be treated exceptionally kind from
the time they emerge from the she'll
until they are well tanned, says =, "A.
Jacobs, They should never be fright
ened, chased around the yards OF made
u nave any cause iVf alarm, lneTe IL
nothing pretter than flock OF gentle
birds Some are more easily tanned than
others, but no fowls will become tame II
not treated kindly and made familiar
with one or two particular people, espe-
clally the ones VINO feed them. That IL
the best way OF tanning a fowl-at feed
ing time,
HOUSE FOR DUCKS AND GEESE.
The house in which ducks and geese
-. ls.a HlVaN. aHls 4.
they Will not consume as much food
and will begin laying earlier than they
would In cold house, Bur dryness Is
even more important than warmth says
writer In the American Cultiyator IL
they have damp house they are not
only certain to have cramps and lame
ness, but damp and cold together are
liable to cause trouble, In the bowels
ard liver complaint which may des-
troy them after long Illness, OF which
nothing may be seen excepting by care
full watching They are really less ac-
tive, but appear to eat well yet are grow
ing lean all the time. Many bird has
been found dead, and was seemingly
only bones and feathers before the
owner had noticed any Illness The
cause is in almost every case a diseased
liver DO not put many Ia one house.
as they crowd one another. few in
a small house IL better than many In
n large house. Give them plenty OF cry
straw or other litter In the coops and
90 not Tall 10 change II often, Attef a
rainy day whsn they 30 IN with feet
covarod With mud II should always ba
changed. even though Il II every day
for a week or more in rainy SEASON.
NcntIlate the house In such . way that
the cold air will not blow directly on
them when In Il, but rather over them.
AS the foul air arises upward. Water
fowl are more sensitive e dampness and
wlnds I'm the night than hens because
they sit on the ground instead OF on "
rOost,
MAKE CEMENT FLOORS,
More moisture gets into hcnhouses
through damp dirt doors than perhaps
In ans other way, says a writer in tho
Rural New Yorker The same may DO
said Of rats In houses having board or
dirt floors. Cement IL pretty near proof
against both; moreover II IL more easily
cleaned. But in all cases It should be
kept well Uttered with straw; so should
any other kind OF floor All our houses
now have cement floors The closer a
house can be built % the ground and
keep the drainage good the better We
do not like the idea Of having cold air
circulating under the floor, Being 80
high from the ground, the house catches
more wind and is therefore colder, II ~
always well 20 fill I'm the floor with fine
stone or coarse gravel 20 the top OF tho
sill so that the water cannot get IN,
We use Shields improved cement, which
costs ne sl,i5 per barrel In town, and
use II one part cement To three parts OF
good clean, sharp sand well mixed AMI
remlXed and mixed again, and when IL
Is mixed enough mix little more