Milford chronicle., 1912-06-28
'DOIjLIM NOTE('
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Gather eggs daily.


1t is useless to expect many eggs
from old fowls Of any variety.
All scraps Of vegetables from the
table should be given to the hens.
A poultryman is judged by his sur
roundings and the condition of his
fowls.
Hens need to be provided with a
summer dust bath as well as in the
winter.
Grit enables the gizzard to prepare
the food for digestion. 1t is a fowls
false teeth.
The dropping-boards should be reg.
ularly cleaned and the filth removed
from the houses.
1t is Of little profit to have a good
supply Of eggs if we cannot market
them to advantage.
A large part of the heavy loss from
bad eggs can be Obviated by the pro
duction of infertile eggs.
The market age of gosIings is
twelve weeks, which is a short time
after they have feathered out.
Chickens are creatures of habit.
Whether they are lazy OF active de-
pends largely on the way they are
raised.
The enemies of the fresh egg mar
ket are the preserved and the tested
out incubator eggs. Be above such
trickery.
Guinea fowls do not mate in pairs
like pigeons or doves. One male to
several fowls is the proper way to
mate them.
At the present day many poultry
men grind part of their chicken feed
into meal so it can be fed into either
a dry or wet mash.
Any breed of hens will consume
an enormous quantity of feed before
commencing to lay, but after having
once begun will nGt require so much
grain as before.
The fowls must be fed at least
twice a day.
Exercise is necessary for both
health and egg production.
A box of crushed oyster shell
should always be within reach.
Split carrots, turnips and cabbage
IN half, instead of chopping fine.
Clear fresh water Is necessary for
the hens at all times and all seasons.
The most profitable way to keep
chickens Of any kind is to feed them
we'll.
To obtain a supply Of winter eggs
We must have the chicks out early In
The spring.
Old fowls require less feed than
young ones and 1t ia a mistake to
OVerfatten them.
The walls and roosts should be kept |
free from mites, which suck the life |
bl'od Of the fowls.
Cement floors should be we'll GOV.
cred with straw. The bare floor Is
too hard and too cold.
After the second annual molt hens
are apt to become eggbound, espe-
cislly If well fed and fat.
When the clean, fresh eggs are gath.
cred they should be put in a clean.
Dry, cool place until marketed.
A plump young turkey, dressing
from eight to fifteen pounds, finds a
market at almost any season Of the
year
To insure success have the build
ings for the hens ready early, and
choose fowls Of tho right age and in
good condition
Eggs now are at their highest.
The best breed is one that suits
ones purpose best.
little salt and pepper mixed with
the mash Is good for the hens.
Hens must be fed, and fed a long
time before the eggs will come.
Breeding turkeys can be profitably
kept up to the fifth and sixth year.
The cost Of feed for geese is small,
compared with that for other market
fowls.
When at all indisposed, a turkey
should be separated from the rest OF
the flock.
Ducks and gese require deep drink
ing vessels, especially If reared and
kept on land.
A hen, like human being, needs
to be made comfortable in order to
do the best work.
As soon as the breeding season ia
over the male birds should be sep
arated from the hens.
The business Of our domestic hen
1S to produce plenty of eggs, and we
must feed her for them.
Begin to select your breeders for I
next year and Gull out and sell those ]
that you have not room for this win
ter.
RAMS HORN BROWN.