The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-06

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POULTRY AND FARM
NOTES
The more lice and mites the fewer
chicks, and vice versa.
1t IS impossible to strain all the
filth out of the milk. The only
remedy is not to let it geJ in.
1t isn't the number of chicks
Matched that counts, but the number
brought through to the frying stage
Corn Is the old standard hog feed,
the best fattening food but breeding
stock and growing pigs must not have
too much.
In many cases the hogs can harvest
that crop Of rye, and give you more
returns without any labor on your
part than you can,
Handling the heifer little now
and then will make 1T easier to get
her to submit to the milking process
when she has her FIRST calf.
If you have plenty Of ground the
best way to raise chicks is on the
coloDy plan, colony here and a CO.
ony there, far enough apart not to
bother Ole another.
Landady-"You say the chicken
soup isn't good? Why, L told the
cook how to make 1t. Perhaps she
didn't catch the idea" Boarder-
'Ne; II think it was the chicken she
didn't catch"
To insure good COW from promls-
ing heifer calf the only safe way is to
keep 1t In good condition and growing
all he time. StuntiDga heiferduring
the growing period will tell in the
cow long years afterWard.
Besides giving the hog plenty of
things to eat, give him plenty to-
drink. Drink is as important as
feed. All slep from the hJuse should
Oe given, and see that it is clean slop
and enough water TO make up.
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A good feed for the calf In addition
to skim milk, after 1t is 2 or weeks
old, Is a mixture of l part each OF
ground corn, ground oats, bran and
oil meal. Put in a feed box and allow
as much as the calf will clean up.
If condition of the soil is anything
to go by, we are going to raise a good
crop of corn this year. 1t has been a
good many years since the LAM worked
ap so nice and mellow. Hard winter
freezes and lack of beating rains this
spring are what did it.
The women folk report this the
inest spring, so far, that they have
ever seen in which to raise chickens.
No bad storms means no chilled
chickens. A little chicken that has
been thoroughly chilled never is of
much force; it seems to take him a
whole week to get warmed up again.
The chinch bugs are still with Us
md from appearances they are doing
we'll. We hope for heavy rains about
heir Matching time, as that would Tx
hem. 1t was the wet years of 1903
md 1904 that cleaned them out before.
W hlch is worse, the bugs or the wet
years? We can't decide.
There are lots Of men in Kansas
who will know more about their
business than they do now after filling
out the blank sent out by the census
bureau. For asking personal ques-
tions and sticking his aose into other
peoples affairs, Uncle Sam takes the
lead in the United States. We
suppose that it is necessary, or 1t
wouldn'J be done.
1t is best to let COW go dry
month before calying. This is done
In most cases, but mistake is made
in absolutely neglecting the COW
during this Period, as many people do.
That is just the time WHEN she should
have feed and care. A laxative
ration a week before calving will
lessen the danger of milk fever.
When a mare dies or
has no milk for her foal, it may be
raised on cows milk, II the attendant
conducts the work patiently and
intelligenJly. The milk Of a COW
tbat hoc haan recantlv calvad chould