Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-18
INTEREST FOR POULTRYISTS
(By Joseph R. Farrington.)

produce eggs in large quantities must
have good capacity to take food and
good digestive organs to digest and
assimilate the food eaten. You nat
uraily. therefore. look for a long Keel.
apparently heightened by full breast
filled out square with the keel by
good full crop In such hen the alb
domen while not bagging down much
will he well distended. showing egg
capacity You seldom see hon, mar
row between the legs and abdominal
lines straight back from the legs CIV
ing her squeezed In appearance from
behind. that is heavy producer. She
Is like dairy COW built on beef
lines. prefer a hen with legs well
apart. ful breasted, with well devel
oped abdomen. This indicates STAN
ina and vigor. II she has bright
eye, red healthy looking comb and
head adjuncts. and has that alert car
rage. coupled with the other charac
teristics mentioned, she Is pretty sure
ly a profitable hen, and watching VIII
prove her the bird for the breeding
pen To incre ase your egg production,
and at the same time carcass built
on these lines IL capable of supplying
a trade for fancy table food.--D. j..
Ryther in New England Farmer
Carelt ssness in the care OF drinking
fountains has frequently been the
cause of disastrous epidemics OF avs
ease In poultry focks. II Is best TO
have fountains that cannot be touled
in which the water will be kept pure
until Il Is used mp. There are a
great many devices in use and some
of them are ingenious. One that Is
advisable to use In the case OF little
chickens consists of tin can. one oil
the ordinary tomato cans In which
three cornered piece, about half an
inch deep, has been cut out oil the
edge. This can is filed with water
and then inverted In dish not much
wider than the can. The chicks can
not get In the water and get them
selves wet nor can they foul the wa
ter. The principle Is used In provid
ing water fountains for the flock oil
grown hens. One good way Is to take
a gallon jug and drill hole through
the side about an inch or two above
the bottom. The hole may be put
through with the aid of wire nail
and need not be more than quarter
Of an inch in diameter. The hole Is
plugged. the Jug filled with water ana
corked. and then set In pan or other
receptacle which is an inch and hall
wider than the jug and high enough
to come above the hole in the jug
and the plug is then pulled out.
7, making the hole In the jug use
a 'vict drill keeping 1t W" oiled
with turpentine. This is he way
holes are drilled in plate g'ass.
The only trouble with this Device Is
that n IL difficult ~ clean the Jug
which should be done occasionally
One device OF this kind that can be
easily cleaned is receptacle made OF
galvanized iron. A hole may be cut
in the side as in the case of the Jug
or a three cornered piece cut In the
bottom and the fountain set In a
dish.
Whatever kind of fountain Is used
II is necessary to keep II scrupulous'
" clean and to renew the water when
over a gets In such condition that
, Il will not be relished by the fowls
In the case OF full grown fowls
prefer an open dish fairly deep Tor
II is easier to clean and less trou
bIesomc to look after With chicks
and in the winter with roosters hay
ing heavy wattles, a dish In which
bird cannot wet its wattles Is advis
ed.-Chicago Daily News.
II is foolish to let go your duties
for even day In the poultry bust
ness. 1t always makes things hard
er.
F., When II is raining hard do not lei
your chicks run out In the damn
grass but keep them In a dry, warn
and comfortable place with good
supply OF water, grit and feed.
Beware of lice and mites"
Change your nesting material abou
every two weeks or a month SO II VII
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