The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-12-29


The feed and feeding is the first Inn
portant point in successful dairying.
One of the most successful pigeon
raisers feeds his birds nothing but
whole corn.
Never feed soured or tainted food of
any kind to the chicks, or to the old
fowls, either.
1t takes a good manager to make
a profit of So per head each year from
a single pair of breeders.
The sheep industry cannot reach
perfection until every mongrel dog in
the land is exterminated.
There is one rule always to be re-
membered: Never mate birds that
are Matched in the same nest.
1t is best not to put sawdust in the
poultry house. as it gathers too much
moisture and causes dampness.
II le II lhCl INIT Nut Jugs utS(IOf
more sheep in some certain states
than all the diseases combined
Keep sows and pigs away from fat
tening hogs, and give them feeds that
produce flesh and bone rather than
fat
Thoroughly clean and whitewash
the inside OF the hen house and it will
be lighter and cleaner during the en-
tire winter.
Cabbage is one Of the very best
vegetables to feed to poultry, as it
keeps green long time and the chick
ems enjoy picking at 1t.
An egg. to belong to the strictly
fresh egg class. should not be over
three days old in summer weather.
and week old during winter.
II man allows 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.
He who makes 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
of the feed bill and protect the others
of the flock from these scrappy young
sters.
II good, clean, sound grain in abun
dance. and a variety. with pure water
grit oyster shell and meat in some
form, will not produce eggs. nothing
else will.
Only an expert is able to tell by
the smell just when the cream is right
for churning. 1t then has clean
sour taste and smells like nuts fresh
from the woods.
Impure air. as well as dampness,
are n danger to any flock. Separate
the tiocks in punches of % or so and
feed them separately and they will
make much better gains.
Always make the nest boxes easily
removable so that they may be fire,
quently taken out of the house and
cleaned. disinfected and treated for
the destruction of vermin.
The dairy farmer who does not build
a silo usually has some reason which
is satisfactory to him. but he cannot
longer use the excuse that silage has
n detrimental effect on milk quality.
II is a mistake to discard n breed
on the supposition that II is not
hardy one. Hardness can be instilled
in any breed by proper housing, prop
er food proper attention. and syste.
matte breeding.
The time OF milk giving is largely
Influenced by the period of CESSATION,
as usually the cows will be ready to
dry up from six to four weeks before
calving. no matter how long she has
been giving milk.
The scales and Babcock tester, !
when rightly used. will accurately de
termine whether any Of your cows
are "grafters" just as surely As a pair |
OF farm scales will show the exact |
yield Of corn.
The old hen. the carelessly inbred |
hen. the mongrel without a wellbred |
ancestry. keep the reproduction OF
this country down to seventy-flve eggs |
average per year. A little moro care
in feeding and breeding would double
this and double the revenue from the
poultry Yards Of this cnnAfrx