Milford chronicle., 1910-03-11

parts Of road dust, sulphur and powdered
charcoal Put the busting box where the
sun Will shine into il and the chicks VIII
take care Of themselves By dustng
they will keep Themselves Tree IRON
feather lice You NAV be advised 70
wbjtewash the inside of the hen house.
Don't do il. The Whitewash will soon
begin TO scale off, the scale coming loose
81 the lower edge, the lice will crawl I'M
der it and no spray can reach It, so II
YOUR house is covered with old whitewash,
clean il off.
II is probable that a fourth OF your
hens are not paying their keep. II dur
ing the period when a hen ought to oe
lavibg yoH find that the comb Is small
and pale, she is probably barren nen
a hen is LAYING the lay-bones are Wlde
apart so that you can place two or three
fingers between them You shoald eXa-
mine your hens and throw out those
that are barren. But with hens properly
bred the feed determines very largely the
number Of eggs produced. Corn ls one
of the best grains, but corn alone ls not
enough. 1t lacks protein and is tattenlng
food II takes protein to make blood and
feathers and eggs. Corn is also lacking
in calcium. To balance the ration and
suDplv the protein lacking in corn, you
need clover and alfalfa and meat scrap
Ten Der cent of your ration should be
meat scrap and ten per cent should De
grass, that is 10 say vegetable matter,
such as clover and alfalfa. Hens VIII lay
more eggs when kept shut up IN the
house than when allowed to run out on
tie range, provided they are fed ID the
house everything that they need. But
when they run out they get worms and
clover and other vegetable matter and
YOU are saved the expense OF buying
these materials Never pat glass in the
house, for it will make it too warm IN the
dav time and it will be too cold at night.
You must keep the house dry. Give
them plenty Of air but keep them out OF
drafts a good feeding ration for eggs is,
for one hundred hens, give two quarts Of
oats and two quarts Of wheat about ten
O'Clock in the morning. and at night give
them four quarts Of corn. Throw all this
grain in the litter. Half of the corn
should be cracked Then place IN the
hopper a dry mixture made upas follows:
200 pounds wheat bran, 100 pounds wheat
middlings, 100 pounds OF corn meal, lOU
pounds of buffalo gluten meal, 100 pounds
OF beef scrap, 100 pounds OF shredded
alfalfa, and 50 pounds of old process Inn
seed meal. Keep this dry mixture in the
hoppers all the time, but keep il covered
until afternoon, and il you find that the
ber s are becoming too fat, keepit covered
uptil at least three O'Clock in the after
noon. This is the ration for hens that
are housed II they are running out they
will not need the meat scrap, nor the al
falfa, and they will not eat il. The feed
ing is a very simple matter. 1ou keep
ali the hoppers full Of these different
things. When you mix il put in half
pound Of salt to every one huRdred
bounds OF the dry mash, thoroughly mix
ed. Keep a supply Of charcoal bv them
all the time, especially when they are
shut M. AlWays give them full supply
of clean water. cool in summer, but in
winter YOU can warm it il you wish to
take the trouble IL you feed the above
ration while the hens are running out,
YOU are wasting money for they do not
need it all. | plant Essex rape every
spring and ploW it under in the fall, OF at
least the following spring. You can keep
it over but il is tough and has strong
flavor. II a hen is kept up it will cost
about 81. 40 TO feed her year, and If you
can make money feeding hens in contine-
ment, YOU will be all right to 60 into the
poultry business. Do not believe all that
you read in high sounding advertisements
and if you are not already in the poultry
business, commence Oh small scale.
You ask me about rOup. | have never
had it, and the reason is that | keep my
houses well ventilated and yet keep the
fowls out OF the draft.
AS ! stated | am raising capOns BY the
middle OF November my capOns weigh
about eight pounds and l sell them at
26 cents per pound and / close them out
by the middle Of December. This gives
me a vacation and ] save the cost OF feed
ing until February, and / also save the
risk. If you have rats close the holes al
night and the next morning If you find
any holes open, put in teaspoonful OF
bisuphide Of carbon. This will change
into gas in the course of four or five
seconds, you strike a match to it and
there will be a slight explosion. A heavy
poisonous gas is formed which sinks into
the hole and kills any rats that may be
there