The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-04-21

DUCKS ana geese are easier 70 rolSo
than chickens.
Breeding young ewes leads to
weakening Of the flock
The lack Of protein is direct cause
of mature pullets not laying.
Dairying Is one Of the profitable
lines In which q farmer can engage.
Asserting market eggs according to
size and color Is a good business
move.
Sheep will eat many kinds OF Wild
grasses. They thrive in dry. mild
climates.
II protein Is supplied freely there
will 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
q part Of the poultry food on the
home farm this season.
II the hens do not lay well II may
be solely because they are not intel.
ligently managed or fed.
A bull tied in the stall will get lazy
and useless. besides making extra
| work In his care and feed.
A few ears of corn laid in the oven
and allowed to parch gives a good &C.
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 tho production Of eggs. as In
that OF milk. proper feeding Is essen
tial to attaining the best results.
A fiimsy fence will not restrain Z
bull-and will cause no end Of annoy
ance especially In q busy season.
Oats will do better on sod land
than barley. but neither Of them do az
well on . tough sod as after corn o.
potatoes.
Don't sell eggs for Matching unit
you have tried out eggs from the
same pens at home and know the;
hatch well.
Select out only good, trustworth,
hens that can be relied upon as be
ing good sitters. They should b,
well feathered.
Misshapen eggs viii sometime
hatch good chicks, but II is better u
choose well-formed eggs with clean
smooth shells.
Handle eggs carefully and avoi
rough handling. A bad shaking up O
. eggs during handling or shipment ha
A spoiled many a hatch.
II you must feed soft food provid
a small trough in which to feed II.
/ becomes starter Of disease whe
o thrown on the ground.
A good way TO test a chick food
to place a small quantity on dis
a before some husky chicks and no,
II what they leave OF It.
Strongly fertile eggs from goo
healthy stock will often hatch we
d and produce good chicks under a
1t parenuy unfavorable conditions.
The mixture of poultry manure wit
such materials as land plaster ar
70 kainit or acid phosphate is almost ir
It perative for satisfactory preseryatio
n. The young chicks which are
make our winter layers should
is Matched from the middle of March
ar the middle of May. depending on Il
lie breed.
h
Other things being equal. the bree'
belonging to the Mediterranean ella
~ Of fowls, namely the Leghorns. MinC
IN cas- and Hamburgs. are the create
to egg producers.
Hen nests should be cleaned al
whitewashed after each hatch befo
rs starting another and the old nesti
Us material should be burned. Fight II
or now and all the time.
ID
II is all right enough to rear Il
keys with tho chicken hen II the fC
a hen wouldn't wean them SO ear
nd Then lice are always more troub
of some than with turkey hens.
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Undoubtedly one Of the most RENT
erative branches Of the poultry bu
rst ness for the average poultryman Is
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