The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-01-06
Poultry Pointers

! DO not forget the great poultry show
Of the West, January 8 to IA, at the
auditorium, Topeka, Kansas. judy
ing from the number of inquiries for
premium lists and entry blanks receiv-
ed by the secretary. Col. Hughes, in
dlcations are that the show will be a
greater one than last years, and that
was the second largest in the United
States. If you can not possibly send
any birds, be sure and attend the
show yourself. II will pay you.
Regularity In feeding will teach the
fowls to be regular In their habits. If
they learn that they will receive no
food until certain hour, they will
not expect 1t, ana will scratch and
work until the time arrives for feed
ing. Habit will make them punctual
and will save time and annoyance In
many ways.
A teaspoonful Of sulfur in quart
of soft food given the hens on dry days
is one of the best medicines where
disease appears, and it is excellent
when burned In poultry houses, as the
fumes of burning sulfur will not only
destroy lice, but also the germs of
many diseases. DO not add it to the
food IN damp weather. As it is cheap
supply should be kept constantly on
hand.
Fowls need meat, Experience has
proven that nothing will revive DOR
mant hens as will little cut meat or
green bone, Get what the butchers
call beef-scraps, and if you haYe no
bone.cutter, cut them up with sharp
Ratchet or ak. In some places these
scraps can be had for the mere ask
ing. while some butchers ask one cent
pound. II some small animal is
accidentally killed and Is not dis
eased, give it to the hens. and they
will surprise you in the way of she'll
ing out eggs, Lambs and CALVES that
are born dead or are killed at birth,
make excellent food for hens. Hens
fed on meat lay so we'll that they will
hardly sit when you want them to.
In France the larger poultry-plants
buy old horses and feed the flesh to
their laying hens, and they find 1t
very profitable. Col. Robt. Lee, the
great horseman, who lives west OF
Topeka, once suggested to the writer
that all the worthless old dogs that
are running around menacing the
health and comfort Of people, ought
to be killed and used as chicken-food
We agree with him, ard are sure the
hens would relish boiled dog fully
as much as the Igorrotes did at ST
Louis.
Do not waste your time with scrubs
Try and make your fl0cks better
Pure breeds always give The best
results, both as to eggs and flesh
Adapt the breed to your climate, sol
and other conditions. Aim to have
something superior to your neighbors
Try to get to the top and stay
there. Friend rivalry gives pleasure
TO poultry-keeping. Send some OF
your birds to your nearest poultry
show, and if you win a prize there
send them to the State show at To-
peka. A prize at the State show will
mean dollars in your pocket, and will
prove great advertisement of your
stock.
Never be deceived and feed your
hens because they run after you every
time you appear, as 1T is due the
education you have given them, being
only habit. Make them work; an
idle lazy hen will not lay eggs. When
you notice her scratching and forag-
ing you will find an egg in her nest.
Cholera among fowls may be known
by the greenish droppings, dropping,
aud intense thirst. A fowl with cho-
era drinks often and remains long at
the fountain. When you are sure
that cholera is in your flock, add a
teaspoonful of carbolic acid to three
pnts of water, and give no other
water to drink, If the fowls have
indigestion, add twenty drops of nux
vomica to each quart OF drinking.
water.-Kansas Farmer.