The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-02-05
WINTER CARE OF POULTRY.

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In winter. well ventilated houses
! on locations VIII re not exposed to
| drafts of cold winds nor undue damp
ness are best suited for winter quar-
tiers. South exposures leading into
ample runs for mild weather should
be had Houses should consist OF
rcosting room, nesting room ana
room where feeding is done in bad
| weather The latter should be lit
tered often with fresh straw on which
feed is scattered to cause the fowls
to work for their food by scratching.
Sand, dust Or ashes Qeached) should
be convenient for fowls to walloW
in The nesting room should be sucA
as to secure quiet so as not to dis
turb the laying hens.
Roosts should be arranged for the
convenience and cleanliness Of the
fowls. Whole inside of house should
be kept clean, whitewashed and
sprayed occasionally. On Indictment
days it is best to keep poultry IN
close quarters. Damp, wet weather
is far more apt to cause sickness
than even extreme cold weather. Wet
SHOWS, sleet or cold rains should
cause care in the poultry yards.
Feeding should be regularly done.
A variety of feeds, alternated, give
better health than one continuous
! diet of any one kind. heterogeneous
| feeds are very necessary for egg pro
duction Green feeds are absolutely
| necessary when the flock is closely
confined. Chopped feeds Of potatoes
beets, turnips or cabbage are good at
these times We cook all the waste
| from the house, such as potato Or ap'
| pie parings, ETC., and it is consumed
with avidity Pure water must be
! given daily. Milk of any kind forms
| a good drink for the fowls. We do
| not believe in giving drugs Of any
kind to fowls. any more than we do
| DOPING the human with them. Proper
feed, pure water, fresh air, free sun
| light, are the best remedies TO ward
Off disease.
It is best to keep young fowls sep
arate from the old ones, as Old fowls
are more subject to disease than are
| the Young ones. Treat the fowls with
| kindness. so that they become tame
and docile. Excitement works harm
| in the flock.
We briefly recapitulate re" OF
! these rules: Keep only early hafch-
ed. healthy fowls. Give plenty OF
room. Never expose to blustery
weather of any kind. Feed regular
| ", and do not overfeed. Cleanliness
at all times and in all places. A
following of these cannot but give
| success.-H.. in the Indiana Farmer.
TURKEY HELD IT'S OWN.
The public is not always wise. By
the public we mean most everybody
on occasion Years ago, over quar-
ter of a century, the Farmers Home
! Journal. in conservative way,
| sought to induce its lay readers-the
| "lay" having no reference to hens
to improve the common turkeys OF
the farm yard by the Introduction OF
the Mammoth Bronze into the HOOKS.
| As the enthusiasm would sometimes
rise to a glow the public shook its
ponderous finger in remonstrance.
| Sometimes because Bronze turkey
eggs were advertised as high as $2.0o
to s4.OO per sitting, the public. stlli
nervously sitting en- it's clutches or
canton and brooding-its matches OF
doubt. would croak out it's warning
cry-"Why, you will soon overdo the
thing!" "Next year you won't be able
tn give turkey eggs away" ETC., etc.
Believing though that a good thing
will do to stand by, this paper pur-
sued the even tenor Of its way, ask
ing its readers to adopt what is COCOA
in the way of improved stock ana
LET the future decide the issue.
So now. and all through the inter-
vening years there has been steady
demand for Bronze turkeys and thei1
eggs for Matching. The prices nave
not fallen but rather increased for
the better strains of pure stock.
The same may be said OF. Plymouth
Rock. Light Brahma, Leghorn and
some of the other standard breeds OF
fcwsl.
So the public is not always safe
guide. though, as rule, we should al
wise the reader to heed its siren voice
GRAZING FOR GEESE.