Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-04-28
Let the best mother hen raise the

A good hen will easily care for from
fifteen to thirty chicks.
This is about the time to plant and
prune, spray, plow and fertilize.
A little charcoal is fine to give at
any time of the year for all hogs.
Feeding the hogs at regular hours
is worth trying. They know when II
comes.
To prevent contagion, sick fowl
should be at once separated from the
others.
Regulate the amount and kind of
feed in accordance with the condition
Of the hog.
Don't put the new bed on sod land.
The white grub is death to straw
berry plants.
Clean sand or good country pine
sawdust Is excellent to use on floor
of poultry houses.
DO not plant beans until all danger
Of frost is passed, as the young plants
are extremely tender.
At Is cents each day-old chicks
are cheaper than eggs for Matching
at two dollars per sitting.
The poultry business large and
small is made successful through at
tention to the small things.
The turkey hen that ranges far
from the barns Is likely to steal her
nest a long ways from home.
II there are two toms in the flock
and they don't agree. shut up ono
one day and the other the next.
Be sure to have brood coops and
brooders ready and waiting for the
chicks when Matching time comes.
In some places the mutton sheep
are the more profitable, while in other
places 1t pays better to produce WOOL
Cleanliness and plenty Of fresh air
are great helps in developing the
chicks and keeping them thriving and
propering.
Don't look for fertile eggs If you
crowd your hens too close. Another
bad thing in the same line is lack
of exercise.
If you have only one breed of pure
blooded birds you will sell many eggs
for Matching and birds for breeding,
at high prices.
A field OF four or FIVE acres will be
large enough to run flock Of 100
sheep for about thirty days and fur
nish some hay besides.
According to a successful dairyman.
the presence of dirt in milk indicates
careless and uncleanly methods In
production and handling.
\
, sure to keep the incubator cellar well
, aired and do not run the machines
with too high q lamp fame.
. In transplanting cabbages ret the
/, plants In the ground up to the frs,
leaf, no matter how long the stem is
' and press the earth firmly about 1t.
II brood hens with chicks are gtver
good caro- they will usually begin lay
ing early and continue to lay for sew
, eral weeks before they wean theil
brood.
The would-be poultryman should b.
. careful in his selection of q farm. TO
= upon this selection may depend hi
). success or failure in the pounltr.
business.
|. For those who have not much tim
!. to devote to the garden there 10 n,
|. class of towering plants more dssira
4 BILE than the hardy perennials an
herbaceous plants.
Il There Is considerable easily earne'
r money in rearing pigeons. In larg
3 cities $3.50 to s3.75 dozen pair 1
q paid for them. The demand is alway
greater than the supply.
h Farmers who have heavy draf
q mares are making great mistake 4
4. not raising more colts OF this class
II and keeping the money at home tina
is now going west for horses.
" Obviously the remedy for unprodu'
% tive eggs is to use only healthy breet
u ing stock and to keep the breeders l
,r good condition by good food and goo
common sense care and management
a. II you have a piece OF land this
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