The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-12-27
The Poultry Yard.

/. Keep the dust box Supplied with
nice clean dust. see that the grit box
is never empty.
Keeping many breeds is poor way
to succeed. Get down to one or two
varieties and give them the best of
care.
1t the hens were compelled to work
little harder these days for what
grain they get, it would be a good
thing tor them.
AS then we corn gets dry and hard
it is safe to feed more than when it
was soft and green. 1t is more easily
digested and gives better results.
Never feed meat scraps that were
made of rotten meat. Good pure feed
is the only thing that ever ought to be
fed to fowl of any kind.
During winter the drinking vessels
must be emptied each evening it is
much easier to do that than it is to
break solid cake of ice in them the
next morning.
If it possibly can be done. clean up
the drOppings each day. 1t is work
that well repays one. Never all this
cleaning up to be delayed longer than
a week.
Leaving the birds to fight their own
battles against lice and other enemies
may save some work, but it will cost
some eggs; and eggs are worth money
these days.
Do not delay any longer the job of
cullnig out the poor stock. 1t is a
mistake to keep even a single unprofit-
able fowl. Have the stock up in
quality rather than in quantity.
\ hn fa., 10 60,
per, they will go to bed happy these
cold winter nights. Feed 1t just as
hot as they can eat it comfortably.
Shell some in a baking pan and stir
and heat it in the oven.
AS the weather grows colder in
crease the supply of corn. 1t is a
heating food. But never feed it alone.
A good grain mixture for winter is
two parts whole corn, one part each
wheat and oats; all we'll mixed.
| Many hens never know what il is to
be comfortable from one end of the
winter to the other, except on a day
when it thaws. You can not expect
hens TO do as we'll under such con-
ditiOns. To do well they must oe COM
( Portable.
/ The worst thing is to make poultry
drink ice cold water; chills them clear
through. They must warm that water
before the work of digestion can go on
gain. Warm the water for them-not
hot, but just comfortably warm.
Start up the trap nests. They are
invaluable in pointing out the prOduc-
tive hens as well as the drones. They
make it possible, by picking out the
poor layers, to get more eggs from a
fewer number of hens. That is ecODo-
my-it saves feed and gives the We rk-
ers more room.
1t is good rule to keep fowls in
doors during rainy, snowy or windy
weather. While the rains during the
summer will do no harm to the fowls,
the cold rains of winter are injurious.
| Exposing foW Is TO bad weather is but
to invite sickness. Therefore. the
more room in the hen house, the more
| contented will the fowls be when con-
| fined.
At this time of the year colds may
develop in the flock. 1t is always best
to nip these in the bud. In the first
stages of a One-g-ain Quinine pill each
night for week will be found effec-
tive. Remove the fowl to separate
and dry quarters. Generally in a week
eicold will have disappeared. Colds
are caused by exposure, or by closely
built houses, or by over crowded flOcks,
making the fowls sweat at night when
on the roost and chill when they leave
| their perch the next morning. Have
litter in the house, throwing the grain
feed amongst it in the evening at feed
time. and the fowls will start to
scratching the moment they get off
the roost at break of day. This exer-
cising warns up the blood and puts the
fowls in good condition to appreciate
and thoroughly digest the morning
nash.-FrOm January Farm Journal.