Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-04

All kinds Of fowls require a variety
OF food and are grateful for a change
occasionally.
SAT should always be added to a
slash or cooked vegetables. An ounce
Is suiiicient for u mash for 100 birds.
100 iiuch salt is not good for fowls.
,Du, a Ilttle helps to keep them in tone.
III the ROSTERS you used TINS season
~re nov 10 be used again. make haste to
get thefn out of the way at once. The
mems VIII Go better and the eggs keep
niucn better as II fertile eggs spoils
much quicker tba, oro ~, {nf.r-
tile.
II a hen lays ono egg a week lhe year
Souiid she Is paying her keep and You
will have the carcass lcft Tor your
pfoht- Every additional eHg ipii in-
creases the profit and IL the greater
number come in winter and carly
spring greater stiil VIII De your profit.
\ nice uniform flock of fowls roam
pnh ap"ut II farm gives a great deal OF
pleasure to the owner. Thcy are -
source of pride to the iainily and even
the ~neiehbors as they pass by cannot
heip but admire them and feel an added
respect FOR the man whose paius;akins
care mas made the flock what it Is.
roultry on the farm viii pay big
y,foi,s. But you must Know how TO get
the profit. Not every poultry Keeper
gets n profit even IL he does succeed in
rearing large numbers of birds amd get
wen flled egg baskets. The main thing
lies IN epi down expense and at
the same time keeping up the profits.
IL IS n good plan always to have ON
nand for use with fowls some quininc.
tincture of iron and some regular fam
iIy liver pillS. as we'll as a quantity OF
epson salts. Epson salts are cheap
II when n fowl is found dropping it
Is Always safe to xiv Il dose of salts.
TOlfntVed nv IL Ill.,.
PHI. depending or the symptoms.
sou shelied III are usually caused
from lack OF lime. Supply 1t either in
the grain ration or give oyster shell.
n former is to be preferred. Some
times hens are over fat causing soft
sheiled eggs. but his over fat condi-
tton Is n result of excessive fat form
ing element In the ration. Feed less
corn. oilmeal. etc. and more wheat,
clover or lean meat. ground bone, etc.
A HOOK of five or six hens carefully
cared for are capable of producing eggs
enough during the breeding season to
raise 100 youngsters. IL not allowed to
set. Now Is a good time to start the
boy or girl out In a flock of pure bred
poultry. AS breeding stock i year old
or older can usually be bought very
cheaply at this season OF the year,
when the breeder wants all his extra
space for the young flock.
Geese Will grow up on little less than
grass alone. In October or November.
when the grass is cut down by frost.
they may then be penned and fattened
FOR market. Geese may be fatted on
anything a hog will eat. They do
very well running after fat cattle and
.fatten rapidly In this way. If penned
closely and fed by themselves. two
weeks is a sufficient length of time for
feeding. Young goslings should aver
SaKe Il to IA pounds apiece.
We like to mark such pullets as be-
gin to lay first In some way; and rs 1t
Is not always the very precocious pull
let that makes the best layer in the
long run. we usually like to keep tab
on her all winter. Now the average
farmer Is too busy to bother with trap
nests and leg bands are rot the best
r'E' this rpo as YOU viii almost
need to catch the fowl to identify her.
i have a half dozen tubes of oil paint,
different %colors. when i find an early
outlet on the nest 1 give her a dab of
; paint on the back. II there are several
/ use different colors for each one, then
when the colors run out l begin over
again this time putting the paint on Il
wing. You can learn readily To recog-
nizc each pullct at Il glance and the
paint remains until the next seasons
moult. Now should some of these pull
let's prove to be extra steady layers. one
can easily brand her or give her Il
permanent DOT mark before the moult-
Ing season.