Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
JorrINes.

Fowls that for any cause are out of
condition are more apt to fall victims
to the onslaughts of vermin. The feeble
ness OF their constitution renders them
impotent to resist the added drain on
their systems.
The moulting period is more or less
OF a severe strain on the vitality of
the w The older hens and those
already depleted from heavy laying are
quite apt to fall by the wayside before
completing their new coat OF plumage.
III you intend to sell of a number OF
hens to make room for young stock
better do 1t now when laying ceases II
before the moult has q chance to run
hens through the moult is simply a
waste OF feed and time besides the pos
sibility of loosing q number.
Don't under any condition allow the
chicks or older fowls to crowd too close
ly at night. Fowls nat are compelled
to spend nine or ten hours out OF TWEEN
as many do cannot thrive and do as
well as those which have more comfort.
Some of the older chicks will now
need a place supplied with poles for
roosts or you will a difficulties with
etSA IAylH6 lIlO tuc lTSc0. All young
stock each the stage where they wan
to fly up and II poles are provided
where o want them they will use
them. 1t Is much easier to thus pre-
vent their learning to 90 to the trees
than to get them out Of the trees in
the fall.
Remember to watch out for old de-
ecayed and bones during these
hot days as they are a fruitful cause of
Timber neck. Many a fine promising
bird has met his death from eating this
spoiled flesh. A low nee having suf-
fered the disease is UNFIT for a breeder.
Burn or bury all such matter that you
find.
Do you know that a great deal of III
so-called chicken cholera is caused by
the fowls drinking ron stagnant rain
water That has accumulated In old yes
sells or low places about the range? 1t
pays to go over the rarjye and over
turn all such receptacles and fill up all
for the good of the family
as we'll as fowls.
The falling out of the old feathers
and the growing Of a new coat is to
fowls what the shedding Of hair is ia
other animals, and if nature has her
way 1t is accomplished without any
serious disturbance to the system. But
our domesticated hen has been so bred
and changed from her original nature
as to more or less pervert the usual
eoure of nature. The old jungle fowl
Matched during the natural Matching
season came into moulting season lust
when the season was most favorable
and food of the right kind was most
abundant. In the present domestic
state we hatch out chicks when we
like and the fowls are for the most part
dependent upon us to supply their
food IN just the proper amount for the
growing of the new feathers and of
the right quality to do this, and at the
same time preserve their vitality for
future usefulness.
Don't try to doctor the victim of leg
weakness up and try to keep him over
as breeding stock. Such birds may
recover and be used for the table hnt
will never do to breed from. A good
vigorous breeder Is one that has never
known a sick day. One that never re-
ceived a set back from the egg to the
breeding pen.
Musty or moldy grain will cause a
disease resembling typhoid. Some peo-
pie make a practice of throwing all
such to their chickens thinking that
mold does not hurt them.
Sunhower seed fed in small quanti-
ties Is said to materially aid In pro-
uuclng the new coat of feathers. II
is rich in oil and should be fed
sparingly.
II you find a owl dead and do not
Know the cause. 1t is always best to
make a post mortem examination. 1t
may be the means OF enabling
you to detect the nature Of a disease
Just beginning to show up in your
mock. BY knowing in time valuable
1t Is claimed that a duck cannot
thrive unless able to get the entire
mead under water every day. The nos
triis become clogged with food and
unless they are able to cleanse them
Yer Jay the duck soon suffocates.
Whether this is true or not it is plain
the duck likes to poke around in the
drinking vessel. He does better IL al
lowed to do SO and obviously the wa
ter should be changed often enough
to Keep 1T pure n fresh. Swimming
water is not a necessity. though they
do enjoy 1t immensely. Ducks seem
to have done exceedingly well In
most cases this year. Many who have
had bad luck with their chicken cro,,
have done verv nicely with ducks.
Oats is undoubtedly the summer
food par excellence, for hens. 1t is
bulky and rather coarse, however. and
plenty OF range must go along with
Wheat or bran fed with oats makes
a good combination. Corn should he
eliminated Cor August entirely. and the
latter days Of July. 1t is heating and
fattening. two things we most wish to
tight in the hot weeks Wheat is ex-
,pensivc but it goes much farther ac-
cording to bulk than corn. Bran will
90 about as well and can be obtain
ed much cheaper.
fowls will consume vast quantities
OF sour or clabber milk in summer