The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-12-16
POULTRY
Mean on more wood! the vino

Aexp ON more wood! the wind 10
chill
But bet it whistle as it will,
Wen keep our Christmas merry still
Sir Walter Scott.
Rsddtes valuable gift on Christmas
morning is fresh eggs.
The lively, busy pullet is now send
ing uy to the hen plant.
Mere quality and less quantity Is a
szo,d motto to start out. on.
a little heavier feed as the days
x,ov colder. Corn fills the bill ex-
actiQ- .-...
Ft,u,s love 70 thrash out bundle
- vasat or oats, ana 1t does one
road u step around to the door OF
she. puultry house and listen to the
s.srry chatter, while the fowls are
s6xxing in the straw. .......,
Some farmers neglect the twenty
IRE to fifty cents that the battenlng
.of cracks in the coop would cost'and
.ssh month feed dollars worth c
axtra corn in order to supply the an
Small heat needed.
The answer to the question, does
-usntsr poultry pay? depends in a
barge measure where your hens are
rposans. If on the bare branches
af = tree, on the northeast corner OF
sae harm, there can be no doubt
aAout T.
srAses is a disposition to sit around
and sleep in winter. Hens will drop
srsa that habit if You 90 not help
~. 10 stir around and work for
Ss,e;F living. That is why a scratch
As sAed is good, and why plenty OF
litter keeps the fowls healthy.
Scatter a little grain among litter
Il neon, and give full feed at night
Want is meant by a good feed IS
,Ao.t !, good handful to each fowl IN
Mo ,eu. A mixture o. corn, wheat,
mats. aud barley, equal parts by meas
,,suunnt makes an excellent mixture
for vinser,
No. when the old year is passing
.su- theugnts are apt to wander BACK
uexss~sng; the poultry w"k OF the
n,,, season We can AL see past
xeia41es and low we can improve
n.tasrs next; season, and seeing we
x,..Re resolve to do our best. and
~ hsep the resolution.
YSa may have some old hens that
,.ak = though tn y might 90 through
Ne winter llright? Sotaey may; but
- ~ be. proatabld' That is the
.,.ueaaa. and it is safe to say, NO.
alvw vIn not"
. IA the old hens go. They will
aei.g a pretty good price now be
-. Christmas.
80 ~our chickens out Of doors at
~ aaasons of the year, give tham
s.ny opportunity to get fresh air and
,naaese Keep them in small nocks
vaka hey roost regularly. Keep the
80 4 ill brooders and coops water
,isAsss l.nnness is fatal to chickens
- = young. If coops leak cover
IN sxr paper or canvass painted
visn several. coats Of white lead.
60 % the hens comfort. 1t IL
iaSsier to keep her laying ny
- enre than it is to get her to lay
- ..ir after she has quit.
n ast not be forgotten that with
~ rzit even soft foods will be slow
- - poorly digested. Laying hens
ouD,r more from the want OF grit
.a.a ny other kind of poultry. The
,..ns cannot produce many eggs un'
s,ss Shy have grit to assimilate their
80
Rewas must have green food In
;ane form or other for egg: preduc-
sssa during the winter months. In
s.ssasd or scalded clover hay or ali
,,1fa ne have good substitutes, and il
- uise to mix either one with. the
s2oraing mash; but if at all possible
go, real green stuff" should also
~ ai5sn. each day
4rouked oats are, also feed by many
,9rrmen, and to good elect.
n b a noteworthy fact that owls
rsssr green food in the morning.
n. = a relish to them. itseems to
Asee them up. and they are more
ar 1ar 4.
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