Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-05-12

~ 1850 ~ o@Si0f W RAISE
than chickens.
Breeding young ewes leads to
weakening Of the flock.
The lack of protein is a direct cause
Of mature pullets not laying
Datrying Is one Of the profitable
lines In which farmer can engage.
Asserting market eggs according to
size and color Is good business
move.
Sheep win eat many kinds OF Wild
grasses. They thrive In dry. mild
climates.
II protein is supplied freely there
VIII be abundance OF eggs from the
same flock.
Use a good lice paint on the roosts
in the morning and repeat every two
or three weeks.
Make up your mind TO grow at least
a part Of the poultry food on the
home farm this season.
II the hens do not lay well Il may
be solely because they are not intel
ligently managed or fed.
A bull tied in tie stall viii. get lazy
and useless. besides making extra
work in'his care and feed.
A few ears of corn laid IN tho oven
and allowed to parch gives good oc-
casional variety to the feed.
No matter what kind of floor there
is in the poultry house. the main
thing is not to let it get damp.
In the production Of eggs, as In
that of milk, proper feeding Is essen
tial to attaining the best results.
A flimsy fence viii not restrain
bull-and viii cause no end of annoy
ance especially in busy season.
Oats viii do better on sod land
than barley, but neither of them do as
well on tough sod as after corn or
potatoes.
Don't sell eggs for Matching ustil
you have tried out eggs from the
same pens at home and know they
hatch we'll
Select out only good. Trustworthy
hens that can be relied upon as be-
ing good sitters. They should be
well feathered.
Misshapen eggs will sometimes
hatch good chicks. but it is better to
choose wellformed eggs with clean.
smooth shells.
Handle eggs carefully and avoid
rough handling. A bad shaking up OF
eggs during handling OF shipment has
spoiled many hatch.
| II you must feed soft food provide
small trough in which to feed It. 1t
becomes starter of disease when
thrown on the ground.
| A coed way to test chick food is
to place a small quantity on a dish
before some husky chicks and note
what they leave of 1t.
Strongly fertile eggs from good,
healthy stock will often hatch well
and produce good chicks under ap-
parently unfavorable conditions.
The mixture Of poultry manure with
such materials as land plaster and
kainit or acid phosphate is almost I'M
perative for satisfactory preservation.
The young chicks which are TO
make our winter layers should be.
Matched from the middle of March to
the middle Of May. depending on the
breed.
Other things being equal, the breeds
belonging to the Mediterranean class
OF fowls. namely the Leghorns, Minor
cas- and Hamburgs. are the greatest
egg producers.
Hen nests should be cleaned and
whitewashed after each hatch before
starting another and the Old nesting
material should be burned. Fight lice
now and all the time.
II is all right enough to rear tur-
keys with the chicken hen If the fool
hen wouldn't wean them so early.
Then lice are always more trouble
some than with turkey hens.
Undoubtedly one OF the most remun-
erative branches Of the poultry busi- |
ness for the average porltryman is the |
production of eggs, combined with |
the sale of market broilers as side
line.
Land plowed last fall may be sown
to oats without again blowing. II |
sown broadcast SOW two bushels to |
the acre over the plowed ground and |
harrow them in both ways. then roll |
- 1ovo1 the land