The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-04-26
Sheep increase the value OF farm.

Asserting market eggs ACCORDING "
size and color is a good business
move.
Sheen will eat many kinds OF wild
grasses. They thrive in dry. mild
climates. "A
II protein is supplied freely there
will be abundance of eggs from the
same flock.
Use 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 we'll 1t 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 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 ii 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 will not restrain q
bull-and will cause no end Of annoy
ance especially In a busy season.
Oats will do better on sod land
than barley. but neither of them do as
well on a tough sod as after corn or
potatoes.
Don't sell eggs for Matching until
you have tried out eggs from the
same pens At home and know they
hatch well.
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 welcomed eggs with clean,
smooth shells.
| Handle eggs carefully and avoid
rough handling. A bad shaking up of
eggs during handling or shipment has
spoiled many a hatch.
If you must feed soft food provide
a small trough in which to feed II. It
becomes starter Of disease when
thrown on the ground.
A good way to test a chick food is
to place a small quantity on a dish
before some husky chicks and note
what they leave of it.
| Strongly fertile eggs from good.
healthy stock will often hatch we'll
and produce good chicks under ap-
parentiy 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 Leghcrns, 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.
1t is all right enough to rear tur-
keys with the chicken hen II 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 poultryman Is the
production Of eggs. combined with
the sale of market broilers as q side
lire.
Land plowed last fall may be sown
to oats without again blowing. II
sovn broadcast sow two bushels to
the acre over the plowed ground and
harrow them in both ways. then roll
to level the land.
When the SOW is given a warm.
| rich STOP. or other milk producing
feeds Just after her pigs are born. a
strong milk flow is forced. The new
born pigs get too much and have diar.
rhoea, which often kills them.
DIR. W. T. Tuck. who is In charge OF
the New York Office Of the bureau OF
animal industry Of the department Of
agriculture. spoke of the uses Of por
noise meat. "Porpoise meat" he said
is not at all bad. have tasted 1t, and