The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-10

the nOnSe and the ShlCkenS -Dub rs u
good tonlc for the fowls. With pleaty
of sunshine and lots Of leaves and
litter on the floor the fowls will
manage to keep themselves warm and
comfortable and when they are In
such condition they will shell, out
| the eggs.
There may be several causes why
your hens are not laying. Maybe
they are infested with lice. This is a
very frequent cause Of nen-layiDg.
Maybe they dent get sufficient green
food or animal food; either cause may
prevent them from laying. Maybe
they don't get enough exercise. Keep
Investigating until you fnd est the
cause Of the non-supply Of eggs and II
you dnd out aud apply the remedy
your trouble will be over.
AZ one Of the principal meat
markets We observed that the quality
of the chickens that they were selling
at eighteen cents per pound WAS very
poor. The chickens seem to have
been half starved for they were very
lean and scrawDey. 1t would have
paid the owners big to have fed them
more literally and If you propose
selling any Kind Of poultry for the
Christmas trade feed them all they
will possibly eat till the time of
killing and you will be paid fer the
| feed q Hundred fold 10 the weight of
the fowls besides making them lock
UGH more Talatable than lean, lorky
scare crows.
When rats get into poultry house
they become great nuisance. They
generally come from the barn or corn
cribs. One farmers method of ridding
his premises Of rats and mice is as
follows: III you sprinkle sulphur on
your floor and through the corn as
you gather 1t, there will not DO a rat
or mouse to bother you. l have
done this for years and have never
been troubled with rats nor mice. L
have some old corn in my CRIB at
present and not a rat or mouse can
he found In stacking hay or oats
sprinkle on the ground and little
through each load and my word for it,
rats or mice can't stay there. A
pc md Of sulphur will be sufficient to
preserve large barn of corn, and is
good for stock and will not hurt the
corn or bread.
A change in the manner Of farming
is rapidly sweeping over the country.
In stead of men wanting to farm all
the land that joins them, and; hiring
help with which to do it, there il
general retrenehment and growing
tendency to farm only as many acres
as can be handled with home help.
This is a safe, sound, sensible way.
Hired help is not only becoming more
expensive each year, but more I'm
as we'll. There are a few
good hands left, bat they are not the
ones who must hunt farmers to hire
them; the farmers hunt them instead.
To make boarding honse out OF the
home and furnish expensive teams
and tools for inefficient help TO use
up, has become a thing OF the past.
Farmers have COTTON over the Dotion
of conducting their operations over q
large acreage just for the name and
glory of it, The net income is what
counts, not the amount Of money
taken In and quickly paid ont to
square the expense account.
1t is claimed by many that cane
fodder on which there is some seed,
will dry up cows giving milk. or this
we are not sure, bat would not try 1t.
Besides, with cane seed 81 90 bushel,
who could AFFORD to feed 1t In this
way?
Nearly all OF us clean out our COW
and horse barns once day, but II
the hen house gets a thorough clean
ing on many farms once month, 1t
is thought to be kept IN extraordinary
good shape. We know of many who
make their hen house cleaning a
regular Saturday chore. Needless to
say, they have good luck with poultry.
HOW TO PREVENT EGG EATING.
Any poultry keeper who has the
an bition to climb to the summit Of
success Ia poultry culture must keep
an eye fixed upon the minor details
of the poultry yard and plant. There
Is nothing very clear in being able to
continually remedy faults and fall
ings ia poultry culture, Ones clear
ness lies In such forethought and pre-
tentative measures az ward them of.
Fowls like men are blessed or cursed