Middletown transcript., 1911-07-08
POULTRY NOTES

Potato peelings fed raw in not too Iarg
qnan' les are good for the laying hens.
1t is better not to keep ducks and chick
together.
The young chicks should be looked oye
carefully for lice.
The farmer above everyone is the party
to succeed with poultry.
Have charcoal, sand and water always
on hand. and feed small grain.
Clean and disinfect the brooders al least
once week, and better every day.
Now that the chicks are hatched the
main point is to see that they are kept
growing.
Whitewashing the interior of the poul.
try house will not rid it of lice unless a
little carbolic acid is added to the wash.
Collect eggs every day shortly before
noon, or preferably twice daily, at noon
and at dusk.
A chick, like baby, will get good or
bad habits according to the way il is start
ed in this world.
To keep chicks growing and thriving
they must be fed we'll and often, and their
coops kept clean.
Sell fresh eggs or none at all. Get
just as far as possible from the general lot
dumped on the corner grocery. Seek for
regular customers and get retail prices.
Stop crying about low rates and cheap
goods by rising above them. Herein is
the secret of successful poultry keeping.
He who gets the finest product in the
market reaps the richest harvest. Eggs are
refined wheat, corn, grass and contain
much that on the farm would 60 to waste
In winter basket of so dozen vii! bring
more money than load Of hay ID took
large patch of land to grow, team to cut,
a horse and man to rake, two men to
stacks, and team. wagon and man to
market.
Separate the chicks as soon as sex can
be distinguished, because one will retard
the growth of the other.
Move the outside brood ers every week
If possible SOW the yards at least once q
year to rye, barley or oats.
The incubator is always ON the job,
never has to leave the eggs for feed or
water and requires less time and care than
the average busy old sitting hen.
The original members of flock of geese
well cared for will live during the lifetime
oftwo generations of family and will be
profitable during this time.
Care must be taken not to over feed the
young chicks. Always keep them little
hungry. Let them have all the grain
and mash they will eat after they are four
weeks old.
II possible to have the yards in the rear
it is well to have the windows made in
one sash, extending from the roof to
near the floor hinged at the side next the |
partition, to be use as a clean.out door
for taking litter in and droopings out. It
is important that there be some glass in |
each room, even though muslin be used. |
This window should always be in the |
southeast corner of the room, so that you
get the greatest amount of sunlight early
in the morning.
The walls Of the house should be not
over one inch thick and covered with some
kind of roofing material to make them
tight. Matched lumber will shrink and
make chance for drafts that must be a.
voided. Roofing boards, pIaned on one
side, put on with the planed side and GOV !
cred over on the ou tside back and ends
with the roofing material are economical |
and satisfactory. We like tar felt-some
object to its color. Whatever is used, the |
three walls, roof and floor should be tight. |
The old idea of making the walls double |
thick with sawdust or building paper be-
tween made a fine cond ensing chamber
and damp place that is improbable fol |
poultry. Dry cold is for preferable to
damp warmth.
The tendency all along th line seems
to be4oward larger aocks on account of |
the labor problem. One man will take
care Of as many hens in large flock as
two will in small focks. Thus far we have
not gotten beyone pens holding 125. The
question of free range will largely infu-
ence the size of the pens. We prefer to |
fence the garden rather than to confne |
the hens except during very short breed |
ing seaaon. Even then it is better to con.
fine the ones not in the breeding pen aud |
give the breeders free range. OF conrse,
where one breeds more than one variety |
this is out of the question.
Sweet or SKINNED milk is good for |
fowls of all ages, especially the young. |
sters.
Do not use wooden drinking fountains |
for poultry. Wood is germ breeder,
Preserving eggs in lime has been prac.
ticed for many years on a commercial
scale.
The ducklings should always have ac-
cess to drinking water, but swimming |
water can be omitted If desired.
If you allow eggs for setting to stand a.
round for weeks before putting them un.
der the hen, do not blame the dealer if |
they do not hatch.
Arrange before all the chickens are
hatched to keep different ages separate.
The small ones are crowded out and Grip
pied or killed by the older ones.
Let brooder of chicks havs their range
for few days, and the day they are not |
lei ont at the usual hour their shriif cries
are enough to deafen one.
Green food is essential for ducklings-
lettice, dandelions, or onion tops should |
be mixed with their feed each day. Sand
should also form part of each days ration.
The ducks are easily confinc with low
fence; they rarely fly over q fence, though
they will crawl under very small open
ing. They need clean, dry straw to sleep
on.
There is little danger OF Indigestion a.
mong ducklings so long as she green food
and the sand hold out. Sand in drinking