Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-22
FOR THAT TIRED FEELING.


IL poutrymen get that tired feeling.
lie stat They treat their hens as some farm
as in ers 90 ther rarm machinery. lou
lie cou may nnu 'i'e uio"eiS INV" :" 'ne
meadow where the last swath was cut
'h' the scythe in the sour apple tree and
-. the self binder in a snowdrift That
man may belong to the grange, but he
TO-, h is no farmer. and his main crops are
n the mortgages, Canada thistles and trou-
Ars BILE. He needs spruce beer tonic. His
-. chickens roost on the old pear tree and
the wagon wheel, and his taxes are
larger than his wheat crop
When man processes religion there
.regat ore tines when bis l,ahilities arc his
been assets, and no one knows that his
.hurcl bank vaults are full of hot air till they
March blow up. sometimes he succeeds III
fooling all the people all the time. But
when a man pretends to be farmer
he has to show the goods. The condi-
:, ton of his farm gives the game away.
""i" He may CAB all day on scientific prin-
origin ciples In agriculture but his neighbors
here round the stove at the crossroads, store
cont, wink the other eye.
Such are some professed poultry.
:" '0 men. They like to visit other fellows
plants to suggest improvements, to
judge their stock and to brag up their
to t own goods If cackle gets any one to
rood the good place, they will surely get
seat up front with the angels.
pie After enduring a continual harangue
ROOF from one of these smart Alexis for sew
~ eral months we concluded to visit his
plant. Happily he was absent, and
we had a quiet view We got enough.
His pens were old shacks filled in with
Coz coal ashes. There were young scrubs
D;n roosting on the lousy nests. Little
crooked backed ROSTERS and wry tall
ter cd twisted toed hons ran to greet us
luz We felt like telephoning for a barrel
OF corn. They were starving. We did
take the liberty to fill up the dry
pans that were lying around half filled
with filth, and you would have thought
M those chickens would drown them
~ selves
1t was the worst combination of lice
cl urvPpEisy .st,~,- 1...r1
witnessed The proprietor unaware
OF our visit, met us on the street the
next day and, after learnedly discuss
e Ing the merits of the dry feeding
method, he informed us that he was
about TO try an original formula for
Forcing hens to. lay, and If he succeed
ed in increasing the daily output of his
own pens he would shortly manufac-
ture egg tonic" on a large scale We
stopped, looked and listened" and as
we tore ourselves away we unused
whether that man needed tonic or a
club.
AS we are ION eggs" we will simply
say he needed eggnog.
Now, there are others" 1t isn't inst
some poultrymen and some farmers
that ought to be arrested for cruelty
TO animals but there are enough
back yard fanciers In our towns and
villages of the same careless character
who ought to be locked up or made to
clean up.
And now. while we are talking about
eggnog 1t is appropriate TO say that
these people who are continually Civ
ing tonics to their chickens are putting
the medicine into the wrong trough
There is no likelihood of their laying
eggs, and. so far as cackle is con-
cerned, they cacke too much now, but
II certainly is plain enough that they
need something to make them do some
thing so that their chickens may prove
something of what these cocks on the
high perch" of poutrydom are cac
king. Give them good dose of GIN
ger, red pepper. fenugreek and add a
large amount of charcoal for disin-
fectant. for they need it badly
They have bad attack of wind
pun and, as you do with chickens af-
nicted with that disease, just run
few hatpins into them and let out the
"hot air"
III the right man is behind the hens
there Is no need Of egg stimulant what.
ever. The best of the egg tonlcs is
made up of one ounce of fenugreek
TWO ounces of red pepper. one ounce of
venetian red and twelve ounces Of
filler
One pound at % cents shows the
vast profit that is made from people
who are too lazy. too careless or too
stingy to take proper care OF their
fowls.
You are getting no eggs this win
terY
My friend. you need eggnog. Mix
your brains with pains, and then you'll
get the gains.
OIL BY THE BARREL
III you cannot run that incubator by
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