The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-13
POULTRY POINTS.

..T FOllN
Don't on any account set a hen this
month without first busting her thor
oughly with insect powder or better
still dipping her for lice. A setting
hen has not the incest job in the world
this hot weather the best she can be
fixed so d. as much to her comfort as
you can by Kidding her of all vermin.
1t is best to dust her again during the
time she Is setting and once after she
brings off her brood.
Chicks ia are so near gon as to
actually appear dead may be rescusci-
tated after a little wetting if wrapped
warmly and placed near the fire. Often
after a severe storm when the hens
with chicks fail to each shelter sew
eral chicks will be found SO chilled and
wet that little hopes Of a recover We're
entertained, but heat will bring them
out all right. So it is always wise to
get right out after each storm and see
what you can find.
You will nave better success with late
Matched chicks IL too many are not
crowded under each hen. Eggs are
cheap this season, SO biddies' time is
not worth SO much to you as it was
earlier in the season. So provide plen-
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they nave learned their coops and let
them hunt for their hocks. They can
do a better job balancing the ration
tina car you, and feed is plenty and
the weather generally good. If you
want to furnish some feed place 1t in
the coops at night, then if they are
not getting enough on the range they
may have a chance to fill up, and if
any remains 1t will be there for morn
ing. Keep watch, and If they eat up
all the feed at night put in more FOR
morning, as it is a sign the range is
not furnishing an abundance for their
needs II they come in hungry enough
to eat a good deal at night.
Nearly all breeders sell eggs at half
price after June l, so If you didn't get
some eggs to better your stock early in
the season get some Of these eggs now
II hatch you a nice flock of chicks
for next springs pullets. The June
Matched pullet is not the ideal breeder
Of course but June or July Matched
pure bred pullets are worth more han
are given a good chance away from the
older broods and kept growing with a
little extra care in late fall they will
often outsrow the extra early Matched
pullet. We have had July Matched
cockerels that we could hardly tell
from the April Matched fellows by
spring. but they were given extra good
care and attention In early winter in
order h a they receive no check to
their growth.
Cut corn out Of the ration as much
as possible from now on. Corn Is heat
Ing and f%attening. the very thing we
want to avoid during the heated term,
Clean skim milk Is an excellent food
Gov hot rynofhnr hat y,,,ct Ia ra,I 500
of the direct rays of the hot sun. Must
be kept in clean vessels and furnished
fresh at least twice a day. The vessels
should be cleaned at least once q day.
Clabber is the best form to feed 1t in.
OF course you will not by any means
allow this milk to be the only means
Of shaking thirst-water, and that fresh
There is nothing like running water for
summer chicks, but of course we can
not all have this. I have one hen now
with a large brood OF over thirty who
is rearing her chicks almost without
any help from us, and she gets the wa
ter supply from he spring AS soon
as we are UP in the morning we see
her with her brood down at the creek,
and she hasn't lost a chick. every one
is strong and vigorous. They are self
reliant, too, and we predict they are
going to make the stock that Will so
through another winter, rustling for
their living. There will be no frozen
waiting for some special brand OF
dainty food. They a already learn
ed the knack Of making use Of any and
all kinds of material for food. When
we get back nearer to natures meth
DDS In rearing n caring for chicks we
will have less disease among our poul-
try and more hardy and vigorous
breeding stock. 1t is not the fact that
the chick is Matched out in an ipcuba-
tor that makes the majority of incu-
mator Matched stock less hardy, but the
more artificial methods of bringing up.
h chicks. Rear them in natures way
and you can't tell how they We're
Matched.
The June Matched chick. is a very
profitable chick to have If he is taken
to some distance from the house and
turned loose with his mother for the
first feed. Just turn them out on a
little heap OF sand, scatter a little fine
seed near n let them go. You will
find q Very self reliant brood the re-
suit OF this method. You may need
to supplement the food foraged for, es-
pectally on wet days, and a shelter
must Of course be handy. A good plan
is to have several broods the same
age and groop them in a colony. The
main object Is to get these late arrivals
away from the trampling feet OF the
older fowls, the vermin of the old coops
and where they may enjoy life in peace.
Be sure they do not suffer for water
on these distant ranges.
II rats or other yermIn trouble your
focks at night try covering the coops
with half inch wire netting. 1t can be
purchased In any width down to six
Inches and omes by the running foot
or In the ball OF 1b0 feet. It is not ex-
penSivo and IL o loose many chicks
by these varmints It will pay you to
cover h fronts and perhaps the bot
toms OF coops with b netting. Some
places rats are 81 bad they eat through
thick boards to get at the chicks, in
such cases II viii pay to completely
surround the coop with netting, either.
inside the wood or outside.
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fowls, either young or old. with pale
combs. investigate n see IL 1t is not