Middletown transcript., 1911-12-02
poultry house Of mites or lice.

poultry house of mites or lice.
/ See that the colts do, not lose flesh OF
short or frost bitten pastures.
The feed and feeding is the first impor.
tant point in successful dairying.
One Of the most successful pigeon rails.
ers feeds his birds nothing but whole
corn.
Never feed soured or tainted food OF
any kind the chicks, or to the old fowls
either.
The wise dairyman and stockman will
hold back and grow to maturity all heifer
calves.
| 1t takes good manager to make a
profit of So per head each year from sin.
gle pair of breeders.
Geese feather more rapidly when they
have an abundance of fresh water and
good pastuFage.
There is no best breed OF chickens.
They are good bad or Indifferent, accor-
ding to circumstances.
Cabbage is one OF the very best vegeta.
bles to feed to poultry, as it keeps green
a long time add the chickens enjoy pick.
ing at it.
The dairy herd is good place 10 invest
surplus earnings. If rightly handled they
can be made to pay handsome dividend
every year.
No matter how good horse is in its
early life, its usefulness is cut short if it is
not properly cared for. This is serious
Joss.
Poorly dressed poultry goes begging in
the market, while the supply of choice
Qancy) stock is not sufficient to meet the
demand.
An egg, te belong to the strictly fresh
egg class should not be over three days
old in summer weather, and a week old
during winter.
Ifa man allDws his chickens to roam
amid the mud and slush Of the yards in
the fall he is preparing the way for some
sick fowls this winter.
The sheep industry cannot reach per-
lection until every nongrel dog in the
land is exterminated.
There is one rule always to be remem-
bered: Never mate birds that are hatch.
ed in the same nest.
1t is best not to put sawdust in the
poultry house, ,asit gathers too much mois-
ture and causes dampness.
Colts require plenty ofexercise in order
to develop their limbs when their bodies
are growing rapidly.
1t is a fact that the dogs destroy more
sheep in some certain states than all the |
diseases combined.
Keeps sows and pigs away from fatten-
ing hogs, and give them feeds that pro-
duce fash and bone rather than fat.
Thoroughly clean and Whitewash the
inside of the hen house and it will be
lighter aud cleaner during the entire win
ter.
For the winter feeding of sheep, clover,
alfalfa, hay, oats, wheat bran, linseed
meal and roots will insure success.
He who makes a success in the chicken
business from the start will be the man
who does things, not he who waits for a
favorable opportunity.
Get rid OF the cockerels as rapidly as
they get large enough and thus cut off the
iced bill and protect the others of the
flock from these scrappy youngsters.
If good, clean, sound grain in abun-
lance, and variety, with pure water,
yrit shell and meat in some form, will not
produce eggs; nothing else will.
Only an expert is able to tell by the
nell just when the cream is. right for
burning. 1t then has clean, sour taste
nd smells like nuts fresh from the woods.
Impure air as well as dampness, are q
anger to any flock. Separate the focks
n punches OF 25 or50 and feed them Sc
'arately and they will make much better
aims. az
Always make,the nest boxes easily re-
movable 80 that thsy may be frequently
aken out of the house and cleaned. disin-
scted and treated for the destruction Of :
ermin.
The dairy farmer who does not build a
ilo usually has some reason which is sat-
'factory to him, bat he cannot longer :
Sc the excuse that silage has a deirimen-
al effect on milk quality. Il
1t is mistake to discard breed on the
opposition that it il not hardy one.
Hardness can be inssilled in any breed BY
roper food, proper attention, and sysss-
latic breeding
A lonsy hen is not good layer.
Make The by products Of ths dairy
1uut.
Corn will make hens fat bns it will
lake them l4y eggs.
The betserbred she horse Is, the d
sneraIiy useful be Is
Put 4 boss pig By himself. AlIo
,bbiug Il doesn't pays
Fof fall Esediag of dairy cattle
'ralis exceedingly valuable,
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