The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-07
WITH POULTRY RAIsERs.

the house are not in good repair
there will always be draughts which,
though ever SO small are apt to
cause colds. and what is very like
ly to follow, roup 1t is a more
serious matter for the wind to blow
IN through crevices over the fowls
while they are ON the roosts than
when they. are stirring around dur
ing the day. If the glass is gone
from the windows cover the windows
! with tolerably heavy unbleached mus
lin. The fresh air that the fowls
need and must have will be diffused
coming through the muslin so there
need be no. fear of draughts from
this quarter.
The choice of breed of fowls is
point that should be given due
consideration by the beginner. Mark
this: No one breed combines all the
requirements for eggs and meat. II
one desires to raise the best fowls
for market egg production shoald be
a secondary matter. If it is EGGS we
are after we do not want the large
breeds. While we are waiting for
the large hens to mature we are los
ing money in the way of egg produc-
ton. Hens of the small egg produc-
ing breeds under favorable condi-
tions, will pay for themselves with
eggs at present prices) before larger
breeds reach maturity
While there can be no best breed
one breed of fowls is better for some
particular person, locality or purpose.
The best breed for your neighbor
may be poorly adapted to meet your
wants. You want breed that will
meet your own requirements, to be
placed on your own farm and under
conditions there. Making start
with a pure breed is. difficult pro-
position for some. They look at the
first cost and hesitate. They forget
to look ahead to the profits and
pleasure pure bred flock, we'll cared
for, brings. l hear folks talk about
having no luck with certain breed.
Some of them would never have any
more to say about luck If they would
only get busy, study and care for
their breed Every breed has peculiari-
ties; there is so much to learn and
many difficulties to overcome in gain
ing a knowledge of even one breed.
Yet many just starting with poultry
are not content with one kind Of
chickens. They procure several diff
ferent varieties, are not prepared to
keep them separate, and the first
thing they know they have a flock OF
all sizes and colors.
For the average farmer with many
other irons in the fire one breed Is
enough Even If we are prepared to
keep several breeds and separate
them this means more work for US.
One breed given the free range OF
the farm saves labor these days
when help is so hard to get on the
farm, and gives better results in
health, vigor and fertility of the
stock IF M. W., in the Farmers
Home Journal.
WHEN FATTENING TURKEYS.
It is mistake to depend upon corn
alone when fattening turkeys. va
riety is better
Potatoes, swedes, mangolds, boiled
soft and mixed with ground oats.
barley meal buckwheat meal Or corn
meal constitute good fattening foods
The French fatten with beet roots.
artichokes or potatoes, boiled and
mixed with meal. and give acorns.
chestnuts and walnuts. The latter
they consider add delicious flavor
to the meat
While being fattened turkeys
should have plenty of ventilation and
fresh air in their coops and there
should be a plentiful supply of grit
sand and lime rubbish to aid diges-
ton. They should also have all the
clean water they will drink
A popular American method of fat
tening is to give a morning mash OF
cornmeal, barley meal or buckwheat
meal, mixed with skim milk; a few
sweet potatoes can be added At
noon give cracked corn. buckwheat
or barley and at night give whole
or cracked corn with an occasional
feed of buckwheat
1t is best not to coop turkeys dur
ing fattening. as they are apt to
lose their appetites and become sick
ly.
II fed all they will eat three times
a day they are not inclined TO roam,
but will sit around quietly
Turkeys intended for the later
markets should not be SO heavily fed
as those intended for sale in a few
weeks.
They should be killed at once when
ready for the market as they will be
gin to lose flesh and prove unproit-
able IL kept over this time---M K
Boyer, in the Farmers Home Jour-
nal.