Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-23
PRACTICAL NOTES o. FoULrS
CULTURE.


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Wh"h ne" fresh meat is httrd TO obtAiu.
ana eSSs are 50 pleuliful-
ii"h'N oi SKIM mink inr hens - drink
VIII lncieas" the egg Nlcii ia per cent
sui 'ioh make IN" mistake OF allowing
no other 'irlnk than mix. Fowls need
plenty OF fresh pure water at the same
tiine.
10 not ha'" your mash too soft, but
Just or mat consistency as To iall apart
:eadliy when thrown on the feeding
boards. Ana look Well To TN" proper
cleanliness of these feeding boards in
hot weather.
On a fruit farm chickens and ducks
n turkeys are invaluable in destroy
ing insects. but unless they can be
kept out the berry patches and vine
yards at fruiting tim they will destroy
imuch iruit.
Dried blood mixed with animal meal
n ground bone is the material most
used as "A substitute for insects in the
poultry rationS. If You cannot get them
In your home towns send to the nearest
city where there is a packing house.
Don't forget to provide shade for the
fowls turing the heated period. Not
only should they have cool shady places
10 rest during the heat of the day. but
their water vessels also must be pro
tected from the fierce rays of the sum-
'mer sun.
All old hens or hens ! year old and
over which you are not going to need
another year might better be fatted
and sold now before they enter the
moult. for there is coming "A long die
season. and If they are TO be disposed
of at all before winter now is the time.
Every farmer may own his own
shipping crates and ship his own
FOWLS. There is now on the market "A
k~nockdown shipping crate which Gomez
very reasonable, but the stationary
ones do Very well If made light and
strong. They are returned empty at
a small expense, so YOU have them for
the next shipment.
Care in selecting the best layers and
care in mating for best results has
done much for the average farmers
flock. Then The beauty of n flock of
thoroughbreds all one color. size and
shape always attracts attention, and
the admiration of visitors and tn,
passerby, so that stock and eggs front
such a flock find ready sale at twice
II three times the market value.
corn meal VIII furnish all the nour-
ishinent necessary for growth in chicks
If they can eat enough of il. Hu it
is so rich in fat and heat forming Gle
lnents that n chick does not have Il
chance TO form muscle and strength
to bear VI under il. Consequently we
find corn fed chicks to be fiabhy and
Very susceptible to disease. although
they may look Very well to the casual
oDSflNfI.
Look out that tine c0op occupied by
the earlier matches are not becoming
too crowded. These Youngsters grow
50 rapidly that almost before we ar,
aware of it they have o%utgrown their
original quarters and are so closely
packed in the hot coops as TO cause
them To perspire freely; then coming
out of these heated coops in the damp,
cool morning air they ut once catch
cold. and there are nan cases of roup
TO contend with.
A Slated run should be provided for
the late Matched chicks to eat under
The larger older chicks Sc trainple and
abuse the younger ones where all are
fed together as to seriously retard their
growth. Make the Stats close enough
together so only the smaller mes can
get in when they are too big to go
through the racks they will be large
enough to care for themselves unless
there are many hundreds of chicks in
which case they ought to be colcniZed
at least to n certain extent.
Breeding t~horoughbreds together Is
not sufficient. Do not raise thorough
bred chickens. ducks. geese or turkeys
without some knowledge of the stand
ard requirements of the particular
breed you are trying to breed. BY the
use of the wrong cock for your partic-
ular hens you can go farther estray in
one year than YOU can make IN i'm