Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-11-17

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Corn is the most relished by poultry |
Of all grains.
To make money is the chief object
Of breeding pedigree hogs.
Systematic work is required to rid
q poultry house of mites or lice.
The feed and feeding is the first i'm
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 tho
poultry house, as 1t gathers too much
moisture and causes dampness.
It is a fact that the dogs destroy
(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 1t Will
be lighter and cleaner during the en-
tire winter.
Cabbage is one of the very best
vegetables to feed to poultry, as 1t
keeps green long time and the chick
ems enjoy picking at it.
An egg, to belong to the strictly
fresh egg class, should not be over
three days old in summer weather,
and a week old during winter.
II a 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 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
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 variety, with pure water
grit oyster shell and meat in some
form, will not produce eggs, nothin,
else will.
Only an expert is able to tell b.
the smell just when the cream is righ
for churning. It then has a clean
sour taste and smells like nuts fresl
from the woods.
r Impure air, as well as dampness
are a danger to any flock. Separat
: the nocks in punches of 25 or so an
feed them separately and they vii
make much better gains.
Always make tho nest boxes easil
removable SO that they may be frt
quently taken out OF the house an
cleaned, disinfected and treated 70
the destruction of vermin.
The dairy farmer who does not bull
a silo usually has some reason whic
is satisfactory to him, but he cannc
longer use the excuse that silage ka
a detrimental effect on milk quality.
IL IS IL ul6IdhC " 0ioSolu q DT6O
on the supposition that it is not
hardy one. Hardness can be instille
in any breed by proper housing, pro-
er food. proper attention. and syst
matte breeding.
The time of milk giving is largel
influenced by the period of CESSATION
No usiialIy the COWS will he readv
dry up from six to four weeks befoi
calving. no matter how long she hs
been giving milk.
The scales and Babcock teste
when rightly used. will accurately d
termine whether any of your COW
are "grafters" just as surely as pa
of farm scales will show the exa
yield of corn.