Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-07-15
Some Mistakes.

1t is a mistake to leave yarded fowls
without food while you take your sun
day morning nap. The fowls become
~ravenously hungry and over feed, The
result is a number of cases OF crop
bound birds on your hands. Crop
bound is also caused by drinking
heavily after a hearty meal OF wheat,
and by eating long straw.
The most common mistake is made
by overcrowding young chickens.
They will die until the number is re-
duced to what the hen or brooder can
comfortably accommodate
Another mistake is that of having
too high roosts. We have seen roosts
as high as a mans head. Heavy fowls
their feet. Uneven small perches pro-
duce the same effect.
While Douglas mixture is a good
tonic 1t is a mistake to use con-
stantly. To make ii, take of copperas
(sulphate of ironl eight ounces, OF
sulphuric acid one-half fluid ounce,
Have a gallon of water in a jug. in
which dissolve the iron, then add the
acid, and when clear the liquid is ready
for usa@In@h weather less
at ono unless the flock is large. Give
this in the drinking water every other
day in the proportion OF a gill to
twenty-five fowls il there is disease;
il fowls are we'll. give about once a
week as a tonic.
When the warm days of summer
come, look for lice No one can tell
where they come from, but they are
there, n as long as they are present
neither hen nor chick can thrive.
There are the head lice on the head
and throat, the yellow lice in punches
around the vent. and there are others
that hide during the day and run out
TO feed at night. Lice are always
worse on a sick or weakling chicken.
Keep the hen house clean. use. lice
killers about the roosts. and in the
chickens dust bath. Help them to
help themselves by providing dust
baths. The growth of chicken Is a
struggle from Beginning TO end. They
can not take care of themselves at
any stage. We venture to say, how
ever. that half the deaths OF young
chicks are due to lice.
The bird hat wins at the show next
winter is in the breeding yards today.
just at present he may not present a
very prepossessing appearance, but
that is no reason why his head should
be cut of just yet. He may even
appear scrubby and fit only for the
frying PAN, but even then 1t will not
be the very best thing to do to de-
capitate him,
The strawberry or raspberry patch
Is an ideal PLACE for baby chicks. and
the advantage is mutual, as the chicks
destroy the worms and insects which
work on the fruit, destroy weeds. and
benefit the plants by stirring the soil
and scratching the droppings into the
earth. The chicks will rarely :njure
the growing fruit.
It Is surprising how rapidly young
chicks will develop il properly cared
for. In an incredibly short time they
viii be flying about on stock racks and
fences. This indicates a vigorous
constitution and perfect health. II
also indicates a hardy ancestry, which
Is q very strong feature in poultry rear
Ing. Yet. no matter how hardy the
ancestry. II the surroundings Of the
progeny be ~unfavorable to the strong
est developement, they will not grow
and thrive as they should.
During the warm, sunny days IN June
the y0unsk turkeys should be permitted
TO range far out into the fields where
they can get bugs and worms and
graashoppers.
The toughest part OF raising chickens
20 Pc such friendly pets comes when
ycu van one Tor Z fry.