The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-09-27

POULTRY JoTTiNos.

All kinds Of fowls require n variety
Of food and are grateful for n change
occasionally.
Salt should always be added TO n
mash Of cooked vegetables. An ounce
u SUFFICIENT for a mash for 100 birds.
Too much salt IL mol good for fowls.
but . little helps to keep them In tone.
II the roosters you used this season
are not 20 be used again. make haste TO
get them out of the way at once. The
hens will do better n the eggs keep
much better MS "A fertile eggs spells
much quicosr than u that Is infer
tie.
II q hen lays one egg a week the year
round she IN paying her keep and you
will nave the carcass left for your
profit. Every additional egg laid In
'creases the profit and II the greater
number come In winter N early
spring. greater still win be your profit.
"A nice Uniform fock of fowls am
lng about a farm gives n great deal OF
pleasure to the M They are n
source Of pride To the family and even
the neighbors an they pass by annot
help but admire them and feel an added
respect for the man whose p~ainstnking
care has made the flock what II Is.
Poultry on the farm Will pny big
profits. But you must know how to get
thc profit. Not every poultry keeper
gets u profit even II he does succeed In
rearing large numbers OF birds M get
well nilcd egg baskets. The main thing
lies In keeping down expense ms at
the same time keeping up the profits.
IL II a good plan always TO have on
hand for use with fowls some quinine.
eincture OF iron and some regular fam
lily liver pills. as well as n quantity Of
EPSON salts. EPSON salts are cheap
- Ax - E...sl L. .ts.l At.ANlnU 10
Is always safe TO give "A dose or salts.
followed by either quinine or n liver
pill. depending on the symptoms.
Soft shelled egg are usually caused
from lack OF lime. supply IL either In
the grain ration or give oyster shell.
The former is to be preferred. Some
times hens are over fat causing soft
shelled eggs. but this over fat condi-
tion IL n result OF excessive fat form
Ing element la the ration. Feed less
corn, o!l;ncai. etc. and more wheat,
clover or lean meat. ground bone, etc.
A flock OF W or SIX hens carefully
cared for are capable OF producing eggs
enough during the breeding season to
raise 100 youngsters. IL not allowed 10
boy or Girl out In n flock OF pure bred
poultry. As breeding stock I yea old
or older can usually be bought very
chcaply ut this season OF h year.
when the breeder wants all his extra
space for thc young flock.
Geese Will grow M ON little less than
grass alone. In October or November.
when the grass In cut down by frost.
they may then be penred and fattcned
for market. Gecsc may be fatted on
anything n no: Will cat. They do
very well running after fat cattle and
fattcn rapidly In this way. II penncd
closely and fed by themselves. two
weeks In a sufficient length OF time for
feeding. Young goslirgs should aver
nge ~ TO II pounds apiece.
We like tn mark such pu!lets as be-
Kin TO lay first In some way: and rs u
In not always the very p~recoclous pull
let hat makes the best layer I'm tho
long run. we usually like To keep tab
on her all winter. Now the average
farmer In too busy 10 bother with trap
nests and Leg bands are not h best
for this purpose m o will almost
! have n half dozen tubes OF oil paint.
different colors. when ] find an early
pullct IN the nest / give her n dab OF
paint on the back. IL there are several
I use different colors for each one. then
when the colors run out I begin over
again this time putting the paint on a
wing. You can learn readily To rccog-
nixe each pullct ut u glance n the
paint remains until the next seasons
moult. Now should some OF these pull
lets prove to be extra steady layers. one
can easily brand her or give her n
permanent Foe mark before the moult-
Ing season.