The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
FEATHERS AND EoosHELLs.

German experts have tested the wa
ter glass egg preventative and find
eggs keep well four years.
You should make a truck for hauling
your breeders and colony houses from
place to place. The wheels may be
found on foundry scrap pile; the rest
you can make yourself.
There is nothing in the statement
that soft feed brings infertile eggs. We
fed one pen nothing but oats, cut bone,
green's and soft mash of bran and mids,
and their eggs were highly fertile.
Your early chicks must not only be
fed well, but they must be kept out Of
the wind and rain. We use heavy mat
ting on the wire pens to break the
wind. keep out rain and the hot sun.
If your watchdog went to roost with
the chickens and got the distemper 1t
certainly shows the scratching litter
was damp enough. Maybe when local
option comes your way you'll keep dry.
Homers in good health carry the
head erect. have a bright, clear eye,
and the feathers cling tightly to their
plump bodies. When pigeons loaf and
puff up. their feathers. get the louise
gun.
When a thunderstorm threatens to
catch those chicks in hurry simply
have a piece Of raw meat handy. Our
chicks pile over each other for II, and
we gather up a thousand In a few
| minutes.
At one time fresh egg was equal to
| a pound of meat. Now scientists say
| four eggs do the stunt. But you never
see a gilt edge sign to this effect In
meat markets, and their storage eggs
are equal to anything.
The real causes Of leg weakness In
chicks are heavy wings and running on
board floors. To prevent 1t get them
| out on the ground soon as they are
cape proof and clip the wings. Do not
pull the wing feathers. 1t Ii cruel.
i When you get brain flag take time
OF or you. may serve up stale ideas or
have a brain storm. Fresh air and
garden spading. chickens and cherry
tree climbing are preventives. What
are the symptoms and sensations OF Q
brain jag2 Is yours chronicf
ireland is not only organized for lib
erty. but for poultry culture. Fifteen
thousand dozen of thoroughbred eggs
were distributed last year. The appro
priation for some counties reached
5000. Women are employed to lee
ture on chickens at $45 month. These
women certainly can lecture.
Los Angeles has the largest pigeor
plant IN the world. Fifty thousand
pigeons. mostly white. are housed
In cotes and a large shed building
They eat three tons of wheat q day
What 'fiuttering and Mapping O
white wings as they rise for flight
What a tremendous stir when they re
turn. 81,
Your customer kicked on your las
shipment because the dressed chickens
were dark and had a bad odor. Yes
of course they were fresh and yellow
4 when you shipped. You cool them to-
quickly. BY putting them at ono
into ice you drive the animal heat int,
the crop and entrails and they ferment
Gradually drive out the animal heat b!
, three changes Of well water befor
using Ice.
:. .I am going into the poultry busl
hess to be my own boss" says one
Don't get gay, my friend You'll pad
die your own canoe against a rock. an
1t might be a Plymouth Rock poultr
, farm too. The poultryman not onl
. , gets henpecked. has no holidays, can
|. blow In money at seashore resorts, bu
the business, IL done rigth, is the mos
exacting boss. A few ride issues pu
an the yarniah.